“Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord; praise him, you servants of the Lord, you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.” Psalm 135:1-2
What exactly does it mean to be a “servant of the Lord”? A servant is someone who carries out the will of their master, and thus a good servant must surrender his or her will to that of their master.
This is hard to do, as we are naturally willful creatures, bent on getting our own way and often bent on getting others to do our will. Everyone wants to be the master; very few willingly take on the r…
