John 13:16

John 13:16 says, Verily, verily I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he who sent him.  Jesus tells the disciples that the servant is not greater than his lord, nor is the one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.  So, first, for this to be true of our relationship to Christ, we must acknowledge that He is our Lord.  I almost said realize, but there is a difference between realizing and acknowledging.  It is easy enough at times to realize that someone is better at something than we are, but often we refuse to acknowledge it. We don't want anyone else to know.  We may know that Jesus is the Savior of the world, and as such is the Lord of those who accept Him, but we may not always acknowledge that fact in our everyday life. Second, we will never be greater than Jesus.  In America, we like to say that we can grow up to be anything we aspire to.  In our relationship to God, we can never grow up to be God.  We will always be His servants.  Verse seventeen adds, If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.  Do we know these things about our relationship with God?  If we are led by the Holy Spirit, then beyond a doubt we do.  Yet, at times we can let our self-will get in the way.  We no longer want to be the servant, because in the eyes of the world, being a servant makes one something less than being the Lord.  If we are truly following God, then we will be happy to be His servants.  If we have no happiness in life, maybe we need to look to our relationship with God to find out why.  The things of this world should never deny us happiness.  We are His, and will be forever, and if this does not bring us happiness every day, nothing ever will.