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TRUE SERVANT Thursday February 4, 2016
Text:
1 Peter 2:18 – 25 Memory verse: v
18
Servants in those days generally were
slaves, and had heathen masters, who often used them cruelly; yet Apostle Peter
directs them to be subject to the masters placed over them by Providence, with
a fear not to dishonour or offend God. And not only to those pleased with
reasonable service, but to the severe, and those angry without cause. This may
seem a hard teaching but that is what God requires of us. It is said that two
wrongs cannot make a right. The sinful misconduct of one relation, does not
justify sinful behaviour in the other. For this reason, a servant is bound to
his duty, though the master may be sinfully froward and perverse.
Virtually all of us Christians are
servants to God and in some other places, servants to men. We owe it a duty to
serve God diligently whether it is convenient for us or not. Again, we have
masters where we work for or under. They may be froward – difficult to deal
with and at times make life miserable for us. However, no matter how difficult
they may be to us we owe it a duty to serve well because our service is not
only to our earthly masters but to our God in heaven. Paul also gave similar
advice in Eph 6:5; Col 3:22; 1 Tim 6:1 and Tit 2:9. How effectively are you
serving as a civil servant, public servants, apprentice, shop keeper, etc? How
faithful are you in that house as a maid, nanny or house help? God demands
absolute obedience and nothing less.
Food
for Thought:
Loyalty and perseverance even in the face of unjust treatment singles us out as
true Christians.
Prayer: Lord God, make me a faithful and obedient servant in the place I work in Jesus name.
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