When I was in Master’s Commission in Phoenix, one of the most important things we learned very early was what it meant to be a bondservant of Christ. This is not a popular topic, but then again, Jim and I are not known for our preaching on popular things! In our “it’s all about me” generation, this is not a topic one would hear in “happy church” – but it is a topic that is essential for the Revelation Days which are immediately upon us.
I believe we’re in a time frame in the Revelation of Christ where we need to review this topic again and determine the condition of our own individual hearts in regards to it.
I’m going to be doing a series of blogs about being a “bondservant” and I hope you will tune in. Please open your heart and your spiritual ears. We do not want to be among those who say “Lord, didn’t we do <fill in the blank> in your name? And then hear “away from Me – I do not know you!”
The term “bondservant” comes from the word dulos and is defined as:
- 1. a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
- 2. one who gives himself up to another’s will
- 3. those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men
- 4. devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests
Being a bondservant of Christ means a lot of things. We are going to get started with just a reminder of some of the simple things we may have heard long ago in Sunday School, but forgotten as time and the pressures of our environment take its tolls.
The culture we live in subtly works against the principles of God in every way. The principles of the Kingdom of God are exactly upside down of what we hear and see in the world – but if we’re not careful, we accept the world’s attitudes and deceptiveness into our own lives and it creeps in on us. We repeat things that sound right, but aren’t – and the ultimate end of our not staying on the right path is missing the mark!
In the last 100 years especially, we have been inundated with the “I have a right” rhetoric in our country which has reached an absurd tempo and twisted the truths of God to call evil good, and good, evil. We are now disregarding the things of honor, and honoring wicked things.
Nobody is exempt.
Nobody is beyond deception.
We must guard our hearts and minds in the Last Days!
In order to stay on the right path in our thinking and in our Christian walk, we must revisit what the Word of God really says about living godly lives.
Jesus is our Supreme Example:
“… but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:43-45)
Jesus came to serve:
“For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves. (Luke 22:27)
Jesus is the epitome of servant leadership. He humbled himself to wash the feet of his disciples, a task thought to be the lowest of any servant. Yet, Jesus did even more… He died on a cross – crucified so that we would live. He was and is the Master who taught us what it means to lead by serving.
Be sure to tune in for this continuing study of what it means to be a bondservant of Christ. Together we can keep it real, and keep it right.
(continued)
Love,
Lori
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 2
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 3
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 4
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 5
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 6
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 7
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 8
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 9
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 10
