{"id":715,"date":"2010-01-19T12:39:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/Correspondence\/?p=715"},"modified":"2010-01-19T12:39:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T16:39:29","slug":"slaves-for-the-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/715\/slaves-for-the-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaves for the Master"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Pastor John,<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLast night, I was working on the computer and had the Pastor John\u2019s House website pulled up.\u00a0 As I was working the songs pulled me in and I started watching the pictures scrolling.\u00a0 Some of the sweetest feelings came over me toward our family and what we have been given.\u00a0 I took the feeling to bed with me and just tried to soak them in as I fell asleep.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis morning I woke up with a very peaceful and relaxed feeling.\u00a0 I found myself praying softly, wanting to go through the day being happy with what God has given me to do, and doing it with my whole heart.\u00a0 As I drove to work the first couple of scriptures from Revelation 1 came to mind.\u00a0 In these scriptures, your translation refers to the children of God as slaves.\u00a0 In today\u2019s society, that word has taken on a very negative connotation, but Jesus started showing me again that he does not feel that way about it.\u00a0 If we are slaves in a perfect Master\u2019s house, it will not be a hard life.\u00a0 If we have the right attitude, the Lord will put us in perfect order.\u00a0 Those that are strong in the spirit will have the jobs to work the fields.\u00a0 Others will have the responsibility of preparing the food, serving the food, cleaning the house.\u00a0 All of the jobs are extremely important and valuable to the Master.\u00a0 It relieves his servants from having to worry about the function of others or how the estate is run, allowing them to focus on only their responsibilities.\u00a0 This makes for a happy, content and easy life.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn the other hand, those who are not happy and content with their responsibilities will have the opposite.\u00a0 Their way will be made very hard.\u00a0 The Lord, our Master, is good and will make every attempt to let them fulfill their daily tasks.\u00a0 He will give ample corrections and show goodness and love for them.\u00a0 He may even demote them to a lower position than is their best, just to keep them.\u00a0 However, our position is not always guaranteed.\u00a0 When we have been disobedient for long enough, He may decide to sell us to a different master.\u00a0 It is a scary thought to have to work for a different master.\u00a0 Who will it be?<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI am very thankful for a position in my Master\u2019s house. I am glad he takes the time to spend with me, he is a good God.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJason<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor John, \u00a0 Last night, I was working on the computer and had the Pastor John\u2019s House website pulled up.\u00a0 As I was working the songs pulled me in and I started watching the pictures scrolling.\u00a0 Some of the sweetest feelings came over me toward our family and what we have been given.\u00a0 I took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}