But it kept coming back. Each time I thought I had dealt with it and finished it, after a time it would pop out and surprise me again. The beginning of a breakthrough for me came when I identified it as the sin of covetousness. But a much bigger breakthrough came when I saw the tremendous freedom that could be mine in choosing to be a servant of Jesus Christ - to be a son of God who chooses joyfully to be a slave. There is a mystery here.
Real freedom is rooted in the right kind of slavery.
And the paradox is that this kind of slavery is also a kind of ultimate medicine for burnout. It frees us to be unimportant, to not have any special recognition or position. It also frees us to not have to be a success. Success or failure is not the problem of the slave. It is the master's problem.