Adonai, you had a major purpose for your servant Abram. As his Master, you made provision to carry out your will through him. The ultimate goal would be for everyone to know you, love you, and be with you forever!
Just as you were Abraham’s shield and reward, so you are also our shield and reward! None of your servants can do it on their own. We must rely on you. When we are in a situation where we cannot make something happen that you have promised, we can look to you and trust you to make it happen, no matter how long we have been waiting or how we think it should happen.
This Master/Servant relationship falls mainly on you to provide for, protect and guide us. Our part is to trust, obey, serve and love you with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength. When we lose our lives in serving we will find it in you. Because we love you, we can obey you! When it seems difficult to obey, we think of the price you paid to purchase us and we are grateful to be owned by you. You taught that the servant is the greatest of all. We are great in your eyes when we serve you. You even notice the smallest things we do! We praise you that we are completely owned by you, and that we are your purchased possession.
When we serve others, we will remember that we are doing everything as unto you, not men. You set an excellent example for us. We must have the same attitude as you when serving. (Philippians 2:5-11) Jesus was known as the "Suffering Servant." We are all servants of "The Servant."
We will try to serve and minister to others wholeheartedly and sincerely, with humility and kindness. Our servant attitude should include fasting, prayer, righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Your will should be accomplished from our hearts, with reverence and awe for you, for it is you we are serving. We will do this with love, and not as an obligation. We will serve with a peaceful spirit and not with strife, arguing or complaining. We will serve others the way we would want to be served.
Through our servant-hood, people will come to know you. If we are pleasing you in the way we serve others, we will also be pleased and so will others.
We choose whom we will obey every time we make a choice about anything. We are willing slaves to your righteousness.
Everything our master has learned from his father he has shown us. We know your business and are about it! The servant is where his master is. You will hear us when we pray because of our servant submission.
If we make right decisions, our hearts won’t be condemned and we will have confidence before you and receive from you anything we ask, because we obey your commands, stay in your will, and do what pleases you. 1 John 3:21
We worship and obey you by submitting our thoughts, minds, words, actions, bodies, gifts and hearts to you alone. Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. That means that we are not our own. We were bought with a great price, so we will honor you with our bodies. We will keep our bodies pure and holy, which is a reasonable service for us to make. Have your way in every area of our lives as you continue to transform us into your image.
Equip us in the authority we have been given over those you have called us to lead and influence. If we stay humble you will exalt us. As your servants, we will receive your blessings and eternal rewards! Just as the servants who poured the water and saw it turn into wine before their very eyes, we will serve you and see miracles too!
It is easy to make these statements and confessions about obeying our Lord and Master, but the challenge comes when we are faced with a situation where everything in us wants to do the opposite of what The Lord has instructed us to do. Our behavior is either going to line up with the Word of the Lord, or it isn't. We are either going to submit to his will, or ignore it. It is easy to be a hearer of the word, but the true test is to be a doer of the word. Most of our challenges come in the circumstances of life and our relationships with other people. When we are in a situation or relationship that has become difficult to manage, it is easy to say, "I am DONE with this. Done, Done, Done!" It is much more difficult to take the time and make the effort to pray over the person or situation and really ask the Lord for his wisdom and insight. If we really are his servants, and he really is our Master, we will obey him in all things. It is such a process, and we are all in process!
Lord, we do praise you for this special relationship we have with you and we ask you to help us be obedient in all things! We are motivated by our love for you. Instead of choosing our own way of dealing with things, we choose your counsel and will.
If we really believe that the greatest ones in the Kingdom are the servants, we will indeed be servants. Look around and ask yourself, "Who do you see SERVING?!!!" Jesus said that the greatest in the kingdom are the SERVANTS!!!!
Review Adonai, Part Two to read an excerpt from a message Tim Keller gave on Genesis 15. Here is a part of it:
"Oh Abraham, Abraham, God is saying, and to all of us, Oh world, I will bless you no matter what. Even if it means that my immortality must become mortal. Even if my glory must be drowned in darkness. Even if I have to literally be torn to pieces…..AND HE WAS."
When the LORD (Yahweh, The Covenant-Keeping God) made covenant with Abram, he walked through the animal parts, but he did not require Abram to walk through. If the LORD did not keep his part of the covenant, the curse for that would be that he would become like the animals he was walking through..cut in pieces, torn, etc. Even if Abram did not keep his part, the LORD would still have to pay the price. We see this fulfilled when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, offered himself as a sacrifice for our sins.
We give strong and highest praise to you, Adonai, our Lord and Master, for paying the price for our salvation. You alone are worthy of all praise, honor, power and glory for ever and ever and ever. Amen.
Equip us in the authority we have been given over those you have called us to lead and influence. If we stay humble you will exalt us. As your servants, we will receive your blessings and eternal rewards! Just as the servants who poured the water and saw it turn into wine before their very eyes, we will serve you and see miracles too!
Bottom Line:
It is easy to make these statements and confessions about obeying our Lord and Master, but the challenge comes when we are faced with a situation where everything in us wants to do the opposite of what The Lord has instructed us to do. Our behavior is either going to line up with the Word of the Lord, or it isn't. We are either going to submit to his will, or ignore it. It is easy to be a hearer of the word, but the true test is to be a doer of the word. Most of our challenges come in the circumstances of life and our relationships with other people. When we are in a situation or relationship that has become difficult to manage, it is easy to say, "I am DONE with this. Done, Done, Done!" It is much more difficult to take the time and make the effort to pray over the person or situation and really ask the Lord for his wisdom and insight. If we really are his servants, and he really is our Master, we will obey him in all things. It is such a process, and we are all in process!
Lord, we do praise you for this special relationship we have with you and we ask you to help us be obedient in all things! We are motivated by our love for you. Instead of choosing our own way of dealing with things, we choose your counsel and will.
If we really believe that the greatest ones in the Kingdom are the servants, we will indeed be servants. Look around and ask yourself, "Who do you see SERVING?!!!" Jesus said that the greatest in the kingdom are the SERVANTS!!!!
What amazes me the most about this name?
Review Adonai, Part Two to read an excerpt from a message Tim Keller gave on Genesis 15. Here is a part of it:
"Oh Abraham, Abraham, God is saying, and to all of us, Oh world, I will bless you no matter what. Even if it means that my immortality must become mortal. Even if my glory must be drowned in darkness. Even if I have to literally be torn to pieces…..AND HE WAS."
When the LORD (Yahweh, The Covenant-Keeping God) made covenant with Abram, he walked through the animal parts, but he did not require Abram to walk through. If the LORD did not keep his part of the covenant, the curse for that would be that he would become like the animals he was walking through..cut in pieces, torn, etc. Even if Abram did not keep his part, the LORD would still have to pay the price. We see this fulfilled when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, offered himself as a sacrifice for our sins.
We give strong and highest praise to you, Adonai, our Lord and Master, for paying the price for our salvation. You alone are worthy of all praise, honor, power and glory for ever and ever and ever. Amen.
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