FAITHFUL SERVANTS!       DO1373   Tenerife, 18/9/75
--A Talk to the King's Staff--With Good Lessons for All!

         1. THERE'S NO JOB IN THE KINGDOM MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE JOB YOU HAVE TO DO IN THE KING'S HOUSE, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE GUARDIANS & KEEPERS OF THE FLAME! So never belittle your task or your position, no matter what it entails!--Whether it's changing diapers, cleaning the pool, doing the shopping, washing the dishes, cooking the meals, cleaning the house or doing the laundry.
         2. SO REMEMBER THAT WHENEVER THE ENEMY TEMPTS YOU, AS I'M SURE HE DOES. He used to do that with me when I was working for my Mother, & say, "Ah, look, you're nothing but a lackey & a bellboy & a busboy & a driver, a chauffeur! You're nothing but a flunky! You'll never be anything! You'll just help make your Mother great!"
         3. WELL, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME I WAS SITTING IN THE CAR, HER DRIVER, WAITING FOR HER TO COME BACK FROM SHOPPING. I was really down & the Devil was tempting me with that thought: "I'll never accomplish anything or be anybody myself until I get away from her!" And I opened my New Testament to read & the first thing I saw was,
         4. "ART THOU CALLED BEING A SERVANT? SEEK NOT TO BE LOOSED!" (1Co.7:21) If the Devil tries to tell you, "Oh, you're nothing but servants!"--Of course you're servants! We're all servants! That's the way Joseph got started & that's the way a lot of important men of God got started, by being servants. (Ge.39:1-6)
         5. IN FACT, THAT'S THE WAY ALL OF THEM GOT STARTED--BY BEING SERVANTS!--Every one of the great kings & men & women of God! That's where they learned how to rule, because you can't teach others how to serve until you've served yourself. And that's what happened to me! Those years of service to my Mother were the greatest years of my training! "And whosoever will be a chief among you, let him be your servant." (Mat.20:27)
         6. WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT YOU? How could we live without you? I'd be busy all day doing things you do!--You make my work possible! This is what the Lord had to show me about my Mother, that I was the one who was really making her ministry possible & I was going to get a great share of the reward for what she accomplished.
         7. OF COURSE IF YOU FAIL YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, GOD WILL ALWAYS RAISE UP SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR BIRTHRIGHT & STEAL YOUR CROWN, (2Ti.4:8; Rev.3:11) because He'll always get the job done somehow. Your crown is not your salvation, it symbolises your reward. How can somebody steal your crown?--Only if you despise it & leave it to somebody else! If you're unfaithful in your task, God has to replace you.
         8. SO DON'T BELITTLE OR MINIMISE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO DO, AMEN? We need you & you need us, too! We all need the Lord, & we all need to do the jobs He's given us to do! And one of the greatest things in the World is when you have learned to be content in whatsoever state you're in, whether it be to abound or to be in want. (Ph.4:11,12) Amen?

         9. WHAT ARE YOUR HEART'S DESIRES? If you delight yourself in His service, He's going to give you the desires of your heart! But a lot of people don't see that & they complain & minimise the job, like Esau: "What good is my birthright to me? I'm dying of starvation!" He despised it & lost it. (Ge.25:29-34; He.12:16,17) But if you delight yourself in Him, you can have anything you want!
         10. YOU'VE GOT JESUS--WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT? And you have His service to His children--what more could you want? You're making it possible for us to help the whole World, that's a pretty important job! PTL!
         11. WHAT AN IMPORTANT JOB A MOTHER HAS! It doesn't seem very important, does it?--Taking care of nothing but a baby, changing diapers. But who knows what that baby will be someday? One human immortal soul is worth more than all the World!--One little babe is worth more & going to last longer! So that's a pretty important job too, amen? Don't ever despise it or minimise it!
         12. IF THE DEVIL CAN'T DISCOURAGE YOU ANY OTHER WAY, HE TRIES TO BELITTLE YOU & BELITTLE WHAT YOU'RE DOING & sneer & ridicule & make fun of you & your task & try to convince you that you're nobody & you're doing nothing. I know, because he's worked that one on me plenty of times! Well, now I know he's a liar, praise God!
         13. AMEN LORD, HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT "HE THAT WOULD BE GREATEST AMONG YOU MUST BE SERVANT OF ALL." (Mk.10:44) These are called being servants, Lord, to Thee & to me.--Let the Devil not tempt them to seek to be loosed from such an important task, Lord.
         14. HELP THEM TO TREASURE EVERY MOMENT OF IT, EVERY BIT OF THE TASK, LORD, the meanest, lowest, most menial, humblest tasks, whatever they may be! Thank You for all these tasks & thank You for these precious helpers You've given us to do them, Lord. Help them, Lord, to prize rather than despise their birthright, & let no man steal their crown! Help them to be willing to be humbled in Thy service, that You may exalt them as You have. "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time." (1Pet.5:6)
         15. HELP US, LORD, TO BE FAITHFUL! Thy Word says, "It is enough that a servant be found faithful!" (1Co.4:2)--Full of faith & faithful at their tasks.--Not delinquent, not disloyal, not lazy, but faithful! So that when the task is done, You will say to us, "Well done Thou good & faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!" (Mt.25:21)
         16. HELP US TO BE FAITHFUL SERVANTS!--In Jesus' name. Amen! GBYA!--Don't despise being a servant, it's a great job! Just be thankful you're not the boss! PTL!