Bondservant to the Messiah- A Beautiful Life.
You might be wondering what this means. Well, let me
explain. It all started after my
sophomore year of high school. I went on a two week missions trip to Lima, Peru
with Focus on the Family through their magazine Brio. While there, I was
challenged by one of our speakers at a nightly worship service. She challenged
us to become BONDSERVANTS to Jesus.
What is a bondservant you ask? Well, according to the
dictionary, it is a person bound in service without wages. Wait, working
without pay? Doesn’t sound to appealing at first sight does it? Well, it is
appealing. In fact, it’s more than appealing, it’s beautiful.
Let me give an example to further explain. There is a
servant and a master. One day the master gives the servant his freedom. The
servant is free to go and live his own life, he is free to do whatever he wants
to do. But the servant decides to stay. What?? When I first heard this story
that was exactly what I thought. I thought to myself why would this servant not
go? He’s been given freedom! Our speaker went on further to explain. This
servant not only loved serving his master, but loved his master, so he stayed
with him. He promised to be a bondservant to his master.
My Jesus, the Almighty creator of heaven and earth didn’t
just die for my us, he freed us from the bonds of slavery. He gave us freedom
and still does. He will not force us to love Him or accept His free gift of
salvation. He chose us even though He knew we may not choose Him, even though
He DIED for us. That’s a pretty amazing kind of love, it’s the most sacrificial
and ultimate love I will ever know in my life. But the whole point of it is
this: Christ gave up His very life for me, so why shouldn’t I do the same? I
don’t mean in a literal sense of course, but in a spiritual sense. Christ has
given me the option to choose and I choose Him. I choose to serve Him in the
freedom He has given me because I love Him. I choose to stay and be His
bondservant because there is nothing better on this earth than serving Him.
And you want to know the best part? Choosing to serve Him as
a “bondservant” is not being restricted or bound, but it is experiencing the
most beautiful kind of freedom I could ever have. Freedom in serving Christ. A
commitment to serve Him no matter what, to give Him your relationships, your
worries, your fears, your dreams, your future, your life. I will die to my
self, more of You Jesus and less of me!!
Being a bondservant to the Messiah is a beautiful thing and
my Savior has blessed me with a beautiful life. I simply want to share my
thoughts on serving the Lord with everything I have and all that I am, desiring
to give Him everything, even if it costs me everything. I am still growing and
still learning, as I will for the rest of my life. But for right now, I want to
pursue Him, just as He pursued us relentlessly and still does. Hopefully in the
midst of all this, I can continue to learn how to truly be a bondservant to my
Jesus, through the storms, the deserts, the valleys, the mountaintops, the
victories, through the ups and downs of this crazy ride. Now that’s a beautiful
life.
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