Servanthood

Gen. 41:9-57

God is looking for servants. A servant before God will be rewarded beyond believable magnitude.

Characteristics of a Servant:
1. FAITHFUL
Hosea 3:1 (NIV)
"Then the Lord said to me, 'Go and get your wife again. Bring her back to you and love her, even though she loves adultery. For the Lord still loves Israel even though the people have turned to other gods, offering them choice gifts."

God is faithful to us and by following his will, we are being faithful to him.

2. PATIENT
2 Peter 3:8-10 (NIV)
"But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return as some people think. No, he is being patient for you sake. he does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and everything in them will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be exposed to judgment."

God has no sense of time. He can do a miracle in only one day. If you serve him faithfully and patiently he will reward you in his time, his perfect time.

3. ALWAYS in PRAYER
Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)
"Pray at all times and on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all Christians everywhere."

Pray at all times and God will be with you through everything you face in life.


In Closing:
Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV)
"Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing."

God wants for us to be stewards and humble ourselves in his presence so that he can do magnificent things in our lives.

My Testimony to Him

I have always been a Christian. I was saved at the age of four and attended church my whole life. However, towards the end of my junior year in high school I did what many people do and pulled away. I thought I could handle the world on my own. I partied throughout my senior year, lied to my parents all the time, and broke my close relationships with them both. The following year I was a freshman in college and I was so excited. I go to Georgia State University now but will be transferring soon. My freshman year was crazy. I partied every weekend and never studied. I hadn't been to church in almost 2 years and had not prayed or read my Bible for about as long. I tried new things that first semester that I would never have thought of doing before. After my first semester my GPA was a 1.47. I was shocked. I had never failed a class in my life. I used to make all A's and B's. Granted, college is slightly more difficult than high school, it shouldn't have made that dramatic of a difference. I decided to take a semester off and work. This was probably one of the worst ideas ever. I began smoking and drinking all the time. I had so much fun. The whole point of the semester off though was to raise the money to buy a car and rent an apartment. I was unable to do either. I wasted all my money on drugs and alcohol. This continued even as I started my summer and fall semesters. However, at the end of my fall semester God knocked me on my feet and straightened my life out.

The weekend before finals I got a really bad stomach virus and ended up in the hospital. Throughout the time I was sick, I contemplated so many things and realized how far gone I really was. So I decided that a change was in store. At first it was little things like being nicer to people and quitting all the drugs and partying. However, as I began praying, God began working miracles in my life. He began showing both myself and my boyfriend his will for our lives. Both of us are in church and are looking into ministry school. Funny how God can turn a horrible situation into an amazing testimony for him?