{"id":167,"date":"2016-06-22T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2016-06-22T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:32:11","slug":"servanthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Servanthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

This devotional reminds me, that again, \u00a0I am not called\u00a0to be served but to serve. It also reminds me that I am not called of my own, but by the will God. A\u00a0servant is someone who serves, not only in a particular capacity but in every form and facet of\u00a0life, should be given to God. Looking at ministry and life from the stand point of a servant helps\u00a0to rethink goals, both ministerial and personal. Sometimes, we can get caught up in worrying about, the how when God says to, 6-Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,\u00a0that he may exalt you in due time: 7-Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you, (IPeter 5:6-7, KJV). God has it all under control, I just have to trust Him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In other words, servants serve in humility, and put aside their own will for the Masters\u00a0Will and purpose. As a minister, I am called to serve. A minister must totally submit to God\u00a0allow him lead and guide, with His yoke, in pursuit of personal and ministerial goals. His hand is mighty because His hand is the hand that created. God knows my beginning, my middle, as well as, my end. In others words, He knows the: who, what, when, where, why, and how of my life.Since God knows everything about me and everything that concerns me, I must truly give all of my worry and concern to Him.\u00a0The servant<\/em> mindset brings home the fact that I was created for His purpose<\/strong> and that I\u00a0must be constantly in pursuit of His purpose. Walking in His purpose, leads others to their\u00a0purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This devotional reminds me, that again, \u00a0I am not called\u00a0to be served but to serve. It also reminds me that I am not called of my own, but by the will God. A\u00a0servant is someone who serves, not only in a particular capacity but in every form and facet of\u00a0life, should be given to God. … Continue reading Servanthood<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastordesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}