This fall our women’s Bible study will be reading the book of Revelation. The study book we are using is titled Behold, Jesus Is Coming. Revelation is an intense prophetic book. This prophetic book can be intimidating, but the time is right to dig in.
The Bible is the story of humankind, the people of the world. It chronicles good and evil times, faith and rebellion, sin and repentance. The prophetic books help us to recognize God at work.
The first verse of Revelation invites us to take notice of events taking place.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John. Revelation 1:1
In this verse I noticed that the word servant comes from the Greek work duolos. Duolos can be translated as servant, slave or attendant that is devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interest. In the current time doula refers to an attendant who is with a woman throughout labor and birth.
The servant has total focus on the one he serves. May we have complete focus on Jesus as we navigate the difficult times ahead. I am looking forward to this study!
Sharing this post with the Five Minute Friday writing community .
Love this, Carol.
Thanks for sharing.
oh, what an interesting post. I’m glad I stopped by, I liked your explanation of a servant and his focus on serving his master. I need to change my focus a bit more often I think….
FMF22
This is wonderful Carol.
FMF#14
I’m meant to be a serving man,
to my Lord and master,
but with my downfall, pride, it can
be quite a disaster
when I follow my own lead,
running to temptation,
never pausing once to heed
my oath and obligation.
And then I go a-slinking back
in hope that it’s not noticed,
my backslide and my utter lack
of diligence in focus,
but God, of course, is there to see
and already has forgiven me.
In the distractions of life, and the times we slip, we lose focus. Praise God, that he is merciful and gracious. We get up and seek Him. Blessings, Andrew.