The word for this week is "servant". In the Old Testament it is most often the Hebrew word "`ebed", which means: slave, servant. The Vine's Expository Dictionary says this:
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The "servant" was not a free man. He was subject to the will and command of his master. But one might willingly and lovingly submit to his master Ex 21:5, remaining in his service when he was not obliged to do so. Hence it is a very fitting description of the relationship of man to God.
In the New Testament it is the Greek word "doulos", which means: a slave, bondman, attendant, a man of servile condition, one who gives himself up wholly to another's will, devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests. (from Thayer's Greek Lexicon).
We are free, as believers, to make the choice to become a servant of the Lord, submitting OUR will to HIS! There are great rewards for doing things God's way! But there is something more to be learned from that word! In Matthew 8:9-10 (KJV) we see this:
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. 10 When Jesus heard it, He marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
The soldier had requested healing for his servant boy. Yet he had such confidence in the power and authority of Jesus, that he knew that Jesus needed only to speak and it would be done! He likened it to commanding his servant. So what he was really saying was that the faith, power, authority that Jesus possessed was the SERVANT of Jesus! The words He spoke HAD to come to pass! They HAD to be obedient to the Master! We have HIS authority to speak HIS Word into the earth today! When YOU speak God's Word into any situation in your family, you can EXPECT your words to be obeyed! They are YOUR servants! As you meditate on that I pray that God will confirm His Word and make it real to you!
Here is an older song by Hillsong called Faith!
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
