Objectives of Servanthood

Understanding Servanthood Today’s Focus: Objectives of Servanthood Scripture: Luke 1:35-38; Isaiah 58:14; Mark 10:44; Hebrews 1:1-3 Greetings Kingdom Citizens What is the objective of the principal of servanthood. The first objective is to provide and prepare the Body of Christ. A great example of this is the interaction between the Mary and the angel. In Luke 1:35-38 Mary speaks of herself being a handmaid of the Lord. She was the prepared vessel to bring the Son of God to the Earth. Mary had to be a servant to carry Jesus. The second objective of servanthood is to bring the sons of God into their destined governmental and jurisdictional privilege. See we have sought the high places in the Earth and did not understand that in order to ride upon the high places of the earth which are the governmental positions one must become a servant first (Isaiah 58:14). Jesus said Himself that is one seeks to be chief, one must become the servant of all (Mark 10:44). The third objective is to proclaim and carry the fame of God. Now this one is the doozy. The problem with this is we have people who proclaim the name of Jesus but seek their own personal fame and try to give the credit to Jesus. Great examples are television stations such as TBN and the Word Network who promotes secular people who simply mention the name of God to draw believers to the channel. In addition, many of the people who are on these channels are fleecing and raping the church through greed and false gospel doctrines (inclusion and prosperity). Other worldly shows that has “God” attached to it just for fun is Sunday Best which is a American Idol knock off where people judge gospel singers (sounds crazy) and Homosexuals and cross-dressers producing comedy and sitcoms that have “promote a Christian meaning” while still making fun at the church. These people seek their own fame but let me show you this. God did not create ANY OF US TO BE FAMOUS. Fame destroys people. When you become worldly famous you have just now left your position in the Kingdom. Jesus was far from famous and he did not seek His own glory but sought to to be a reflection of His Father’s glory (Hebrews 1:1-3). It is not a part of our spiritual DNA to desire fame. We are not created to be glorified but to reflect the glory of God in the Earth. We are not called to own anything but we are called to manage or steward the Earth. We are called to serve the living God and carry HIS FAME in the Earth. We are here to point men to Him because we lay down our crowns at His feet. Now in being a servant of God, we are all equal as it pertains to the Father but where we are not equal is in terms of functionality and ranking and this is determined by the Father according to the gifts given to man. Even though one may have authority they themselves are still servants and all positions in the Kingdom of God requires a servants attitude. We must surrender our rule and time to the Master and become bound to Him. Do we see the type of dedication we should have to the Will of God and improving and maturing our relationship with the Father? Can we begin to see how far off we are from really doing the work that we are called to do. We cannot serve two masters! We will either serve the desires of our flesh/soul or the desires of God, our Father and Master. In the next message we will begin to look at the character of the servant. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.