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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Servanthood II Pastor Kong, 08 Mar 08
Matt 20 v25: Comparing the Kingdom of God (Serving others) to the Kingdom of our world (Lording over others)
v26: Those who aspire to be great, let him be servants. To become a servant does not mean that we become servile (meaning: slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning).
Psalms 71:21 "increase my greatness"
Psalms 18:35 Our God wants us to be great! But spiritual greatness is being a servant!
v27: "let him be your slave" Servant - diakonos (Gr) --> Has the freedom to work or not to work Slave - doulos (Gr) --> Belongs fully to his master and cannot choose to do what he thinks he is talented or gifted in. .: To be a slave is to be one who is willing to do demeaning, demanding things undo the Lord.
Luke 16 v10: Handling the little things Do a job well to the max Details determine our destiny God is so detailed that He keeps a record of everything regarding us, down to the number of hair we have on our head and our DNA! Moses was a man given to details, as seen by the construction of the taberacle according to God's instructions 1 King 10: Quality of Solomon's temple Excellence is attention given to details that leads to superior performance. Excellence will guarantee your promotion! If you can work hard without supervision, you will get promoted.
v11: Handling money v12: Handling what belongs to another person Be it material goods, their loved ones or his visions and dreams It is when you handle what belongs to your leader well, the authority that is over your leader's life will come upon you. This is the kind of people that God will promote in their life, ministry etc. John 1:16 Decide today if you can be someone God can use to influence and change cities! Eph 6:18 Love: width, depth, length, height Serving someone has to do with love! - You can love without serving but you cannot serve without loving!
1. DEPTH - We are to serve God We are created for God, to serve God's will. How are we serving God's will right now? Psalms 84:10 - Serving God was David's priority
2. HEIGHT - We are to serve leaders 2 Kings 3:11 "poured water on the hands of Elijah" Elisha was a faithful servant to his master Are we willing to take up roles that are lowly? Doing so will get us twice the portion of the Holy Spirit! Do you pray for your leaders? Prayer build intimacy. Do you pray with your leaders? When 2 or 3 are gathered, God will be there. Do you love your leader enough to fight for your leaders? Exodus 33:11 "his servant Joshua" You serve your leader by being as passionate for God as he/she is. Flow with your leader. Authority flows from top-down, not vice versa! We serve a God who is just and balanced in His kingdom. We live on borrowed authority - we get it from who we submit to Kingdom of God = Kingdom of relationships
3. WIDTH: We are to serve one another Matt 20:28 "To help other people" (NLT) Servant - To serve God, to serve the Church Jesus could serve us inspite of our imperfections, how about us?
4. LENGTH: We are to serve the world (non-church going people) Daniel 1:4 Joseph served Potiphar, the prison warden and the pharaoh, none of who are Christians. We win people by serving them! THe more we serve, the more present God becomes in their life!
- wei
Leaving a foot step - 10:52 AM
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