Title
At Your Service
Scripture
There was a servant of the house of Ziba . . . David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “At your service!”
(2 Samuel 9:2)
Devotional
I do not know if it is because the economy is doing well at this writing or that people are becoming less and less amiable. Curt, gruff, arrogant, attitudes seem to me the norm among many in the “service business”. I am an easy mark when it comes toservice. When eating out, I can handle mediocre to poor food as long as I receive good service. A little kindness, a little regard and politeness go a very long way and receives a very good tip. When was the last time someone said to you, “At your service.”? I am sure that Ziba the servant started it, but Zelda the waitress may have ended it. I may not be entitled to receive good service, but I sure am responsible to give it. The customer may not always be right, but he or she is the customer; and if you want good customers, it would be wise to give good service. “At your service” is not only good commercial business, it is godly business.
Text For The Day
2 Samuel 9:2: There was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba… David the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “At your service!”
Thought For The Day
“I surveyed my church to see if people saw a relationship between ministering to others and spiritual growth. When asked, ‘To what extent has your ministry or service to others affected your spiritual growth?’, 92 percent answered positively.” Eric Swanson What You Get from Giving (Leadership Journal, Spring 2003)
Questions To Ponder
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Are God’s people to be served or are they to be servants?
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Who in Scripture were called servants of God? Consider Revelation 15:3.
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When you go to the place we call the church, do you go to be served or to serve?
Morning Study Guide
Defining: “Service”: “Labor of body or of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior, or the pursuance of duty, or for the benefit of another.” Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language
Referencing: “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all,” Mark 9:35.
Applying: Seek to serve and you will be served. Do so with this attitude, “When you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘we are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’” Luke 17:10