Thoughts on being servants and prisoners.


While we were in the final preparation phase for this trip, God put the chorus "Make Me a Servant" on my heart and in my mind nearly continuously. It says, "Make me a servant, humble and meek. Lord let me lift up those who are weak. And may the prayer of my heart always be, make me a servant, make me a servant, make me a servant today." I sang, hummed and thought of that chorus multiple times a day, for weeks. It really was, and still is,  the prayer of my heart.

 My goal in every day is to be a servant to/for my Saviour. I fail miserably. A lot. But occasionally, I have a day when I feel like I actually got it right. I had a couple of those days on this particular trip. Days that I felt God's presence with me(yes I know He's ALWAYS there), and I noted the 'Well done'. I think that I can attribute that to my heart's prayer of being a servant. To being open to His will and willing to do it, no matter WHAT it was.  I yearn for that in my daily life at home, BUT, I too often get caught up in the day to day craziness that is life here in the States. I neglect to slow down and listen for His voice to direct me. Yes, I serve Him, but is it His will, or mine? I need to keep singing this chorus, but with a small change in the words. Not "make me A servant", but "make me YOUR servant, today".  Every day.



When we are in Haiti, we joke about the tap-tap being like a prison bus. We are locked into it until we get to our destination. We can see where we are going, but have no control over how we get there. We are dependent on the driver getting us there, and safely. I've thought about this quite a bit lately. How we need to have this same kind of relationship with Christ. To be His prisoner, locked in to His will, and letting Him control where we go, how we get there, and letting Him direct where we step next. Allowing Him to control our safety, as we do His will.(A dear friend once said to me " We are safest when we are doing God's will, NO MATTER WHERE THAT MAY BE.")
So, my thought is this: am I willing to be a prisoner of Christ? Am I willing to be locked into a place/situation/event/life that is beyond any control I could put on it?  I'm working on it. And He's still working on me.

Cindy