HAVING A SERVANT SPIRIT – Tuesday July 4th
2017
Memorise: 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
Read: Luke 22:24-27 (KJV)
22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them
should be accounted the greatest.
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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