A Call to Servanthood

Psalm 123:2 (KJV) Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

(Proverbs 29 also read)

After a time of praise and worship, I finally turned to the scripture.  I was having such a great time of reveling in the presence of God.  Then I came to Psalm 123.  It’s a short Psalm.  And right there in the middle is this verse

It is a reminder of the fact that we are called to be servants.  I’m not sure that we have a very good idea of what it means to be servants.  We are raised as Americans with a revulsion for class and the arrogance that goes along with thinking you’re better than other people.  Yet historically servants have had a major part in every culture.

Servants were treated differently in godly homes than they were in the pagan world.  Often times they became part of the family.  There is a place in Proverbs where it talks about servants becoming heirs.  While that is true, they were still expected to focus on meeting the needs of their betters.  They were expected to polish the brass and sweep the floors and scrub the toilets because their betters have better things to do.

Also, there is the attitude of servanthood.  There is the acceptance that there are those above us.  In this case, it is the acceptance that God is above us and that we are here to serve Him.  We forget that.  God is not here to make us happy.  We are here to worship Him.

So?  Rejoice in being a servant in the household of the immortal eternal King.