We have been called slaves of sin, but we are servants of Christ. A slave has no choice and no free-will. It must do what it is commanded. A slave really is no longer a person; a slave is an "it." A slave has moved from being a someone to being a something. People are either worthless or priceless, depending on the perspective-these words denote the same thing but have different connotations God does not see us in term of value. He looks upon us through a completely different paradigm, one that does not involve cost, profit, value or money - the things which seems to run our world. He embraces us as people. Realizing that there has been this shift should be mind-altering and life-changing.
We have been set free from death, sin, being weighed on scales of worth, and the slavery of this world. Instead, we have been made into servants. The different between slaves and servants in that slaves are forms of currency, whereas servants are given forms of currency. And God does give us wonderful gifts.
God calls us to be more than just servants, He calls us to be good servants. Arthur Pink declares, "A good servant will have ready feet: ' I will run in the way of Your commandments" (Psalm 119:32). A good servant will have a submissive will; that is the primary and essential qualification -to have no will of my own - but to be completely yielded to the Lord."
Knowing what we have gained - freedom- compared to what was lost - slavery - it should not be difficult to motivate ourselves to be good servants.
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