RULING SERVANTS

April 18

Psalms 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

A certain French Marquis was raised to his grand and exalted state from very humble surroundings. He had been a shepherd in his earlier days & so, in his palace, he had one room known as "The Shepherd's Room". In that room were reproductions of hills & valleys & running streams & rocks & sheepfolds. Here were the staff he had carried & the clothes he had worn as a lad when herding his sheep. When asked one day the meaning of this, he replied, "If ever my heart is tempted to haughtiness & pride, I go into that room & remind myself of what I once was." Such humility would have saved Nebuchadnezzar & Belshazzar Daniel 4 and 5).

Yes, we are Children of the Almighty. Yes, we have been adopted at a high price. Yes, none can touch us without the permission of the almighty God. Yes, we will be standing in the courts of the Lord forever as His favored children. We stand in this world as a light shining in the midst of darkness (Ephesians 5:8), a chosen royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). But when in front of our Lord, as the twenty-four elders do (Revelation 4:10), let us cast down our shiny crowns, and remember our humble station of servants of the living God.

It is impossible to truly be in the presence of God and not be humbled by it. Walking daily in the presence of the Lord in spirit should therefore cause an automatic attitude of humility. If your religion allows you to behave in pride and arrogance, your god is indeed a small one. If you do know the Almighty, and still behave in pride and arrogance, it gives evidence that you are walking closer to worldlings than you are to your God.

Lord Jesus, help me to be a good example of You. Help me to walk close to You in Spirit daily so that I would be humbled and walk more in your Spirit. In Jesus’ Name, I pray. .

Phi lippians2:6-8 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (7) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: (8) And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.