“I
have formed you, you are my servant.” Isaiah 44:21
Paul tells us in Romans that we are
servants of the one we obey. Jesus told several parables about how His
followers were servants in the Master’s house. Our next resolution is to see
ourselves as servants of God and not masters of our own lives. Our resolution
is to both hear and obey the Master’s voice. How shall we hear His voice? We
shall hear it as we daily read His word and regularly attend the preaching of
His word. We shall hear His voice in the perfection of creation and give Him
the proper credit and due for creating it.
How do we obey His voice? We do this
by taking what we hear from God’s word and from what we read in God’s word and
applying it to our lives. We will find some things as constants: love God and
love our neighbor; be holy in our lifestyles; give Christ preeminence in our
lives; daily see ourselves as the product of new birth. Let us resolve these
things.
Dear Father, Help us daily to
remember whose servants we are. Amen.
The
Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
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