The Book of Genesis
Day 369
Ge 40:1 It came to pass after these things
that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the
king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry
with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker. 3 So he put them in custody in the house of
the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was
confined. 4 And the captain of the guard
charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a
while.
There is something
in these verses that is very easy to miss. You’ll find it in verse 4, “and he
served them.” Underline it because you
could go through this story many times and miss this important spiritual truth.
Many times we also get caught up in the spectacular miracles of Jesus and miss
this same spiritual truth. He said in Mt 20:28 "just as the Son of Man did
not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for
many."
Imagine. Joseph
makes the decision to serve others while in the hoosegow. What if we were to apply the same principle
in our lives, no matter the situation! I
wonder what kind of an eternal difference we might make in the lives of others
as we model Christ to them! We can
choose to have a servant attitude at work, in school, or in our families.
Husbands, are you lording it over your wives because God has given you the role
of leadership in your marriage, or are you loving and serving your wives as
Christ loves and serves you?
When menial tasks
present themselves, do you lord it over others or do you roll up your
shirtsleeves and pitch in?
This is important
stuff! Let us, in the strength and power of the Spirit, learn to lay our
agendas aside and serve others. Remember, when all is said and done, Jesus will
say this to those who are His true followers: “Well done, thou good and
faithful servant.”
Servant! He will
not say, well done thou good and faithful bystander!”
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