Genesis 24:26-27 // A Servant Is ...

Genesis 24:26–27 ESV

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.”

Main character is the servant

Yet he is never named

ESV renders the servant 161 times in the NT (from several Greek words)

They stay woke

Luke 12:37 ESV

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

They see servanthood as a position of honor.

Mark 10:43–44 ESV

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

They have changed their priorities.

Galatians 1:10 ESV

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

They find their identity in their service.

2 Corinthians 4:5 ESV

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Their focus is on service not on results.

Genesis 24:8 ESV

But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back there.”