Admit

Bible Reading:  Luke 10:25-37

Key Verse: Verse 34 - “And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”

Key Words: And went to him, and bound up his wounds

Who is your master?  There is a definite way to tell.  It doesn’t matter who we say our master is.  What we do reveals who it is.

Here is the test to determine your master.  Romans 6:16, “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”

Mark the words, “yield yourselves servants to obey.”  Our servanthood is not our words but our actions.  

A practical application of this occurred some years ago when a Salvation Army worker found a young woman lying helplessly abandoned on a city street.  She leaned over and whispered to the sobbing discard, “Jesus loves you.”  She then gently kissed her on the brow and, upon seeing a slow response, helped her to her feet. A bond began which resulted in that human reject receiving Christ as her Savior.  Later she told the Salvation Army worker, “I didn’t care when you told me that God loved me.  It wasn’t until you showed me He did that it mattered.”  There is a big bruised, bewildered, and bleeding world awaiting your demonstration.

 So before I can be an effective servant, I must be willing to admit that as of today, at this very moment, I’m not one.

    

                                                                                                Dr. Mike Rouse                    

What to do:

✞If you are not a servant, take step one toward becoming one: admit you’re not.