Slavery

"A slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ," James 1:1.

Don't like the word slave. Don't like being somebody's property. Don't like being bound in service without wages. Don't like being subservient to anybody. Don't like being enslaved. So let's not talk about being slaves anymore. Except for when we read the Bible. And it says we are all of us slaves. But let's not use that word. Let's say something religious instead. Something that sounds less captivating. More spiritual. Let's say ... servant ... minister. That's it! We can say minister. We're all of us ministers. Yes, can handle that just fine. But it means is, slave. Whatever we call it, it means slave.

We're free to choose the master to whom we shall be enslaved. We have chosen Christ the Lord, Master. With a brother or sister today, we thank God for opportunity of slavery to Jesus, the outcome of which slavery leads to life. Rampant life.