HAVING A SERVANT SPIRIT – Tuesday July 4th 2017
Memorize:
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is
not not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that
serveth. Luke 22:27
22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
22:25 And
he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
22:26 But
ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as
the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
22:27 For
whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not
he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Bible in one year: 1st Samuel 14, Lamentation 4:19-5:22, Hymn: Sing hymn 14
MESSAGE:
Signs
and wonders easily flow in an atmosphere where authority is respected.
The moment a person becomes rebellious or refuses to submit to the
authority of leaders, God withdraws and so do His signs and wonders, if
you want God to use you in the miraculous, learn to remain submissive to
the authority of those set over you by God.
Moreover, another attribute
of the fellow God will use to perform signs and wonders is the
possession of a servant spirit. If you take a critical look at the
person of Philip as recorded in the book of Acts, chapter 6 and 8, you
will see a man who happily obeyed when he was sent to serve food as an
usher, even though he was full of faith, power and the Holy Spirit. If
some people had such credentials as these, they would suddenly become
very choosy in the nature of assignments they are willing to carry out.
Open Heavens 4 July 2017: Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye- Having servant spirit. If a pastor asks some workers to clean
the toilet today, they may give the pastor a look that says, “Don’t you
know who I am? Is it because I am a worker in your church? In my place
of work, I am the managing Director.” Nobody is contesting that with
you. The truth remains that in God’s Kingdom, a worker is a servant.
When you get to your office, you can be the boss there, but when you are
in God’s house, you must be prepared to serve. Do know that anyone who
is unwilling to serve can never reach the top in God’s house?
You need to always remember that even the Lord Jesus Christ came as a servant! In Luke 22:26, He admonished us with these words:
“But
ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as
the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.”
Not only did He instruct us to serve, He Himself did exactly that. He came as one who serves (Luke 22:27). Do you remember He washed the feet of His disciples (John 13:5)?
This is why I teach my students at the school of Disciples that the
hands that cannot do manual labour cannot heal the sick. [Tuesday July
4, 2017] Some people have abandoned house chores to their domestic
workers and other helpers. If you really want God to use your hands to
perform signs and wonders, then you must engage them in manual labour.
By virtue of my position as the General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, people try to keep me from doing chores.
However, do you know that even with all the help and assistants at my
disposal, when I realise they are not around, I quickly iron some of my
wife’s clothes or go to the kitchen sink to wash some plates? I know
what I am doing. Are you a servant or a lord that everyone must obey?
Prayer Point
Father, give me the servant spirit of Jesus Christ, so that I may serve others just as He did.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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