At Your Service!

480 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 9:2-6, “And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "At your service!" 3 Then the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet." 4 So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Indeed he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar." 5 Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. 6 Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then David said, "Mephibosheth?" And he answered, "Here is your servant!"” David is bent on honoring his promise to Jonathan to extend kindness to his family and so he calls Ziba, a servant in the house of Saul to him to find out if there is anyone still alive in Jonathan's family. Pay attention to Ziba's response when he arrives at the palace. He tells David that he is “at his service.” In that one short phrase, he admits to David that he is an underling, and he is willing to take orders from him. This should be our attitude toward those authorities that God has appointed over us, unless of course they demand that we do something contrary to God's Word. In those cases we are to answer to the higher authority of God. Note too, the response of Mephibosheth when he is ushered into the presence of David. He says, “here is your servant!” The idea of willing obedience to the authority of God is woven throughout Scripture! Men like Abraham, Samuel, Isaiah, Peter, Paul, and so on have responded to God's call by simply saying, “Here I am,”which is another way of saying, “at your service!” The lesson is plain. God is looking for willing servants. None of these men approached their Master with “So what's this all about?” No, they simply put themselves at the disposal of their Master, and waited for further instructions. This is what we do when we surrender our lives to Jesus. He is our Savior, but He is also our Lord, and when we receive Him into our lives, we need the same attitude of Ziba and Mephibosheth. Thank You Jesus for calling me to You. Here I am, at Your service!