What does it mean to be a slave to God?
Scripture talks a lot about slaves, and how slaves are freed, it got me to thinking, what does it mean to be a slave for God? I started out looking for slave for God scripture. First I think we should go back and see what it actually means to be a slave.
Slave: a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property. 2. a person who is forced to work for another against his will. 3. a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence.
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave.
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God's slaves.
The Jews were the slaves of egypt, since the Garden of Eden humans were always slaves to something or someone, I myself have been a slave. A slave to flesh, a slave to attention, a slave to money and to emotion, just to name a few. Then God taught me about His love, showed me His love and I CHOSE to become a slave to him, but what does that mean? To me it means to live and to love and to treat others they way God has treated you, to think in all that you do, “is this what God would have me do?” Or “Does this please God?”
I want to please God, I want Him to look at me and be proud, to say to me, “good Job daughter, with you I am well pleased”. I want to serve Him and I want others to see His love in me. To do that I need to be wise and remain vigilant of the enemy, the trickster, the one who will get in through the tiniest crack in my faith, who doesn't give up trying but who is not as powerful as he appears to be.
In choosing to serve God, I chose a life of righteousness and a life of victory. The graciousness of God is an amazing thing, though I stumble and though I fall He is beside me, there to set me back on firm ground. Nothing that I do for God will fail, God will not whip or beat me, God is a loving master and He is always after our hearts. Isnt it time that humanity strive to be after His heart?
Make a list of goals, if you resolve to do something but fail it takes a bit of a hit on your emotions, and could cause you to give up, but if you make a goal, something that you can work toward in small steps you are more likely to have favorable results. Start small and add to it as you check things off your list. I am thinking to be a slave to God, I need to start living life more and more like He would, like Jesus did. It's a new year, let's resolve to not make a resolution but to set some Godly goals.
Godly Goals
Be patient when on the phone at work
Say hello and smile at 3 strangers daily
Look for small ways make someone smile each day
Lend a helping hand to someone in need
(just a few to get me started)
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