Day 34
Thinking Like a Servant
My servant Caleb thinks differently
and follows me completely.
Numbers 14:24 NCV
Do you remember who Caleb was? Here’s the quick and mostly familiar story …
- Out of their slavery, the people of Israel cried to the Lord for a deliverer, and God raised up Moses.
- After a mighty display of wonders, God led Israel out of bondage and set them on the path to the Promise Land.
- It was supposed be a quick trip from Egypt to the shores of the Jordan.
- The final preparatory step along this journey was sending twelve scouts – one from each tribe – into the Promised Land.
- According to all twelve scouts (spies), it was a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Nevertheless, ten reported that the people in Canaan were too powerful to defeat and advised against going into the land.
- Two of the twelve – Joshua and Caleb – said essentially, “Yes, the people are strong, but our God is stronger!!!”
- In other words, “My servant Caleb thinks differently and follows me completely.”
Thinking differently than the rest of the world is a good thing. “If God is for us,” ask faithful servants like Caleb, “who can be against us?” (Faithful servants like Paul ask these questions too – see Romans 8:31.) And faithful servants – like Joshua and Caleb … and Peter and Paul – get to see the Promised Land, rather than getting stuck forever in the wilderness.
In today’s reading from The Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren challenges us to think like a servant …
- A servant understands first who the master is. (God.)
- Then the servant looks to see what the master values. (Other people.)
- Then the faithful servant devotes himself or herself to these priorities. (In love.)
- A good and faithful servant also and wisely patterns themselves after the best servant – Jesus.
When it comes to serving, what steps are you best at? What steps need more attention in your life?
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who wants to see
the Promised Land (every day
… and not just in the future)
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