Becoming His Servants
“And He said unto me, ‘You are My servant, O
It is a lofty position to which we are called, and for which we
are being prepared. Sonship, yes. A Kingdom
of priests, yes. But why equipped with such power and glory? To serve! For it is written, “You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have
chosen” (Isaiah 43:10).
When we think of witnesses, we cannot refer to the old idea of
a soapbox in a park where one preaches away at the passerby. Acts 1:8, “But you shall receive power, after the Holy
Spirit is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto Me…”
The Greek word for ‘witness’ is ‘martus’ from which we get our English
word martyr. A martyr is one who
gives his life for the message he declares. It requires the endowment of the Holy
Spirit to enable us to be our message,
our whole life given to manifest that message. A state of being that proclaims
the truth regardless of whether we speak or not.
To witness to the truth is to give your life to that truth.
Even more, we read that it was to “Be
witnesses unto Me.”
Not to talk about Him, not just to build cathedrals in His honor, but to live and give our whole life unto Him,
so that every action, every word, all that we are is a declaration unto Him,
pointing others to Him, exalting Him.
Furthermore, receiving the inflow of the Spirit gives us the
power to be able to lay down our own self-life, that His life might be lived through us. “God so loved the world that He gave…” Our giving is first unto
Him, and then dispersed abroad to all those who are in need of Him. Of the same
From Daily Overcoming
Master speak! Thy servant
heareth,
Waiting for Thy
gracious word,
Longing for Thy voice
that cheereth,
Master! Let it now be
heard.
I am listening, Lord,
for Thee,
What have You to say to me?
Frances Havergal