"Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord...." (2Peter 1:1, 2a)
If the great Apostle, the one handed the keys of the Kingdom, can consider himself, "a bondservant," then I gladly "join the club."
Yes, our King Jesus Christ calls us friends, but what I see of the great men of Holy Writ is an acknowledged surrendering of all rights and titles to the One Who is our Master. As the song of years ago concludes, a song written about the slave who voluntarily went to the door post and had his master drive an aul through his ear as a sign of ownership, "a free man I'll never be." (Deuteronomy 15:17)
"I'm not my own, I belong to Jesus, He purchased me, I'm all His; bought with a price, the Bl0od of Jesus, I'm not my own, I'm His."
Father, in Jesus' Name, my "will" is no longer "free." I'm Yours. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
