SCRIPTURE READING: LUKE 15: 11-32
FOCUS: “And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.” (Luke 15: 19)
MEMORY VERSE: “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” (Luke 16: 10)
Our Focal Scripture speaks of that moment when the prodigal son opted to be treated like one of his father’s hired servants. He had tasted sonship, but it seemed that he had understood something that the servants understood. He could see that his father’s hired servants had a lot and to spare, while he wallowed in lack. As he planned his return, he planned to serve. As he planned his return, he planned to operate as a servant.
Friend, in this new season, normalize operating as a servant. Serve with everything in you. Serve even when no one is watching. Serve at your duty post like your life depends on it. Serve instead of just wanting to be served. Serve the Lord. Serve your superiors. Serve even those under you. Serve with everything that God has put in you. Serve with every capacity that heaven has bestowed on you. Serve like one who understands service.
The hired servants of the father, all had enough and to spare. They had more than the prodigal son had. They had more than enough to share with the son who didn’t have discipline and understanding. They became examples of abundance, yet as servants. If you dare to learn and operate in servanthood and service, you will serve your way into abundance. There is no man who serves effectively that cannot rise to abundance.
Glean the wisdom of service. Glean the humility of servant leadership. Glean the wisdom of working like a servant whilst thinking like a boss. Glean the wisdom of having the posture of service. Let everyone who encounters you meet a true servant. Let everyone who encounters you glean the lessons of effective service from you. Be that one that is willing to serve even when abundance has become your reality.
Don’t be that prodigal son that can waste but cannot serve. Dare to serve. Serve with everything in you.
FURTHER READING: LUKE 16
DECLARATION:
- I will serve with everything in me, in Jesus’ name!
