The Elder Shall Serve the Younger

The Blessing

By William M. Self, Sr.

 Was this meant to be a cure or

Is it to be a blessing

Remember someday the younger will be the older

Serve the youth

 Help them become all God has for them

 

The Elder Shall Serve the Younger

There seems to be a pattern where

 the Bible puts the younger first.

Consider Jacob and Joseph.

Then there is the Scripture…

 

“But many who are first will be last,

and the last first." Mark 10:31 NKJV

John the Baptist and Jesus were first borns.

 About John, Jesus says…

“Among those born of women there has not risen anyone

greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the

kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” Matthew 11:11 NIV

Jesus tells His disciples… 

“The greatest among you will be your servant.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled,

 and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

Matthew 23:11-12 NIV

It seems this pattern of the elder serving the

 younger is something we should consider.

I am a first born.

Growing up, I like many other first born,

 would look to care for the younger ones.

I remember writing a paper for school

as a boy that my mother did not appreciate

 me teaching my siblings wrestling holds.

Being older isn’t about showing

our strength and pride.

Being older carries the responsibility

of helping the younger.

If you are the oldest or just older you

and I are called to serve the younger.

The younger needs our experience.

We, who are older, are the next

generation’s most valuable asset.

I am a leader and I do

not like second place.

But you and I were called to be

servants, servants to the younger.

The blessing is the older

get to serve the younger.

Not to teach them how to do it our way...

But to help them develop

all God has given them.

Don’t wrestle with the youth, serve them.

 

 Scripture Reading

Genesis 25:23  NIV

23 The Lord said to her,

"Two nations are in your womb,

and two peoples from within you will be separated;

one people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger."