December 23, 2014

“Whether Bondservant or Free…”

Blessings folk!

It is our attitude that the Lord is addressing.

Do we live as bondservants of Christ?
Do we seek the will of God?
Do we obey “earthly masters” with fear, trembling, a sincere heart...as we obey Christ?
Do we obey Christ in this way?

Ephesians 6:5-8
5 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart,
as you would Christ,
6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,
8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.

It is a heart issue.

We must do the will of God from the heart.
We must render service from the heart of God...where He has placed us.
We do so “as to the Lord”.
Not as to man.

Doing good in the Lord will receive fruit from the Lord.
Think on that.
Often, folk seek to do good in anticipation of good that they will receive from the Lord.
This is a wrong heart.

Therefore, whether we are slave/bondservants/servants or free, we are to obey and live in the heart of the Lord.

Yes, we often will not understand all.
But, the Lord does.

Rest and rejoice this!