Servant in field
“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down to eat’?
“But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?
“He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?
“So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’ ”
– Jesus, Son of God, Luke 17:7–10 (NASB95)
The Elephant and the Mouse
Pastor Dave Terhune, a man who never left his initial joy, “his first love,” of being found and loved by Jesus, told me a story about “the great works we do as followers of Jesus.” There was once an elephant and a mouse who were crossing a rope and plank bridge across a chasm in the jungle. The elephant thundered across the bridge, “boom, boom, boom, boom.” The mouse too, “thundered” across the bridge beside him, “plink, plink, plink, plink.” When they crossed the bridge the mouse turned to the elephant and said, “We really shook that bridge, didn’t we?”
The Holy Spectator
We as followers and servants of Jesus have an awesome and holy privilege of watching God at work when we serve others at His command. The God of the universe touches the soul and spirit of His beloved child through words and actions He says and performs through us. His Spirit, one with ours, wrapped in the clay that is our bodies, communicates His infinite love for His child that may be terrified that God may disapprove of them, has rejected them, or even hate them. It is a holy moment, too precious for me to enter.
It fills me with joy to be a small part of it. Just a clay cup that Jesus uses to pour His Life Giving Living Water into a parched soul.
I AM for You! 