7 Aspects of Service

~ Get Out of the Pit and Into His Service ~

The Passage  ~  The first stanza of Psalm 40.  “I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.  He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.  He has put a new song in my mouth — Praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord” (Psalm 40:1-3).  

Your State by Nature  ~  “He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay” (verse 2), …

Your Salvation by Grace  ~  He brought me up and out of both the pit and the clay!

Your Standing in Christ  ~  … “and set my feet upon a rock” (verse 2), …

Your Stability for Christ  ~  … “and established my steps” (verse 2). …

Your Song of Thanksgiving  ~  … “He has put a new song in my mouth” (verse 3) — …

Your Saintly Testimony  ~  … “many will see it and fear” (verse 3), …

Your Service and Soul-Winning  ~  … “and will trust in the Lord” (verse 3). 

additional comment  ~  “Many will see it and fear” (verse 3).  “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.  He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.  That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.  He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.  He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:6-14). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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