Imagine all the tombstones of the Christians in the local cemetery reading simply “A Servant of the Lord.” That seems to be how David wanted to be remembered.
Not, the giant slayer, the king of a glorious age, or even the sweet Psalmist of Israel, just a servant of the Lord.
He says in Ps. 27:10, “…turn not the face of your servant away in anger…”
Ps. 86:2 “…save your servant…”, v. 4, “Make me, your servant to rejoice.” V. 16 “…give strength to your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden.”
Psalm 18 is listed as a “Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.”
I was recently struck with how important the “servant” attitude is in our walk of faith—yes, faith. In Luke 17 in the middle of “faith” verses, Jesus (and Luke) insert a section on being a servant. To me that segment never seemed to fit there until I heard a sermon by Jon Courson explaining that while we are busy uprooting trees and moving mountains with our faith, we should not forget that we are God’s servants. He is not our servant. That keeps us balanced.
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http://www.joncourson.com/teaching/teachingsplay.asp?book=luke&teaching=W536&mediatype=videofile.