Servant without Chains
Mark 10:43-45 and Matthew 20:28 have been some verses of motivation for years....if you're like me that sent you scrambling for your Bible; hope so :)
They just seem to captivate the emotion of my unworthiness and the indebtedness I feel to my Lord and Savior. It's hard to explain, that's why I haven't tried until now.
Here I am, in that week between just celebrating Christmas and planning New Years and those verses once again scream at me. "Look what Christ has done for undeserving you! Live for Him; He has broken the bondage sin had over you and gives you the power to live fully for God."
That's the first part: I CHOOSE to serve HIM; being His servant, voluntarily without any chains holding me to Him; just my love for Jesus my King of Kings.
The second part for their meaning in my life has always been serving those He loves, which is EVERYBODY! It's still true, I mean, Jesus washed His disciples' feet, spent His life spreading the Word to as many people as He could! BUT, I've learned that somewhere along the road I'd allowed my view of reality to be skewed and create me a monster that could never say no to anyone.
"A servant never says no!" That is true in part, but never says no to who?.....His master! Moments of my life are evidence that sometimes I allow people and what they want me to do to turn my eye away from my Master. What a hard balance it is for me to remember that to spread God's love doesn't mean I have to run myself completely ragged doing everything everyone else wants.
Oye, that's a toughy. That means I have to discern to say no sometimes...oh the horror! No, not at all...what an opportunity! More reason to hit my knees and beg my Lord to show me His will. Which brings me right back to that servant without chains. I am bound to my Lord. He is my everything.
Yes, this coming from a head-over-heels wife who has been married to the man she's madly in love with for over twenty years. From a mom of four amazing children she treasures everyday....
Christ makes me better for them; helps me be less selfish, more loving. Plus, He's the one who suffered and died for them too. He knows His plan for their lives and has the power to bless them. So, yes, He is my everything!
I am His servant without chains; undeserving as I may be. No longer held with chains to my guilt and shame or the power my sin had over me. PRAISE HIM!
"For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve; and to give His life as ransom for many."
They just seem to captivate the emotion of my unworthiness and the indebtedness I feel to my Lord and Savior. It's hard to explain, that's why I haven't tried until now.
Here I am, in that week between just celebrating Christmas and planning New Years and those verses once again scream at me. "Look what Christ has done for undeserving you! Live for Him; He has broken the bondage sin had over you and gives you the power to live fully for God."
That's the first part: I CHOOSE to serve HIM; being His servant, voluntarily without any chains holding me to Him; just my love for Jesus my King of Kings.
The second part for their meaning in my life has always been serving those He loves, which is EVERYBODY! It's still true, I mean, Jesus washed His disciples' feet, spent His life spreading the Word to as many people as He could! BUT, I've learned that somewhere along the road I'd allowed my view of reality to be skewed and create me a monster that could never say no to anyone.
"A servant never says no!" That is true in part, but never says no to who?.....His master! Moments of my life are evidence that sometimes I allow people and what they want me to do to turn my eye away from my Master. What a hard balance it is for me to remember that to spread God's love doesn't mean I have to run myself completely ragged doing everything everyone else wants.
Oye, that's a toughy. That means I have to discern to say no sometimes...oh the horror! No, not at all...what an opportunity! More reason to hit my knees and beg my Lord to show me His will. Which brings me right back to that servant without chains. I am bound to my Lord. He is my everything.
Yes, this coming from a head-over-heels wife who has been married to the man she's madly in love with for over twenty years. From a mom of four amazing children she treasures everyday....
Christ makes me better for them; helps me be less selfish, more loving. Plus, He's the one who suffered and died for them too. He knows His plan for their lives and has the power to bless them. So, yes, He is my everything!
I am His servant without chains; undeserving as I may be. No longer held with chains to my guilt and shame or the power my sin had over me. PRAISE HIM!
"For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve; and to give His life as ransom for many."
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