# 300 Be A Servant

The Book of Genesis

Day 300

Ge 32:3 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.  4 And he commanded them, saying, "Speak thus to my lord Esau, 'Thus your servant Jacob says: "I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now.

Strengthened by the presence of an army of angels, Jacob sends messengers to his brother Esau. This, in itself, is a courageous thing to do. In his last contact with Esau, there were threatening’s against his very life! Esau had said, “the days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob>” Jacob could’ve snuck back into the country, but instead, he decides to meet the problem head on. Notice how he decides to meet the problem!

Appeasement is on his mind. He tells his servants to speak to his brother thusly, “Thus your servant Jacob says,”

Did you catch that? “Your servant………..” When you think about that simple statement, it is quite disarming isn’t it? It says, “no matter what has gone on between us, I want you to know, I am at your service.”

Even though Jacob was now the legal heir and the possessor of the birthright, he is willing to be a servant. In like manner, Jesus, who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant and likeness of men. (Phil 2:5-7)

He told His disciples in Lu 22:26,27,  "But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.  27 "For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.”

Imagine the disarming that takes place in the hearts of men when they hear and understand that statement from Jesus! If God incarnate can lower Himself to the status of a human being and live among us as a servant, how much more should we embrace His servanthood mentality?

Let us learn the lesson of servanthood and begin to approach others in our church and in our world is such a way that they know we are at their service.

What we have is theirs. What Jesus has freely given to us, let us freely give to them. Who knows, with this attitude of serving others in the name of Jesus we may reconcile them to us, or even more importantly, it might be a huge step in reconciling them to God!