The Indentured Servant (Deu. 15:12-15, 18

5/9/2009 1:58 PM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Focus:  The indentured servant

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Deut. 15:12-15, 18

 

            Message of the verses:  “12 ¶  "If your kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him free. 13  "When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed. 14  "You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. 15  "You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.  18  "It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the LORD your God will bless you in whatever you do.”

            This small section speaks of an indentured servant, a person who could not pay off his dept that he owes a fellow Israelite.  The length of this service was to be six years regardless of whether or not the sabbatical year was in affect of not.  After the time was up the servant was not to be sent away empty handed for he was to received livestock, and food and wind, for the children of Israel did not leave Egypt empty handed.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  It seems to me that the Lord was teaching a lesson to both those who were the servants and also those who were the servant holder.  God wanted the debt to be paid and He also wanted the person who was owed the dept to have responsibility too.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. Trust the Lord to take care of me today and everyday.
2. Trust the Lord to guide my path.
3.  Learn to be content.

 

5/9/2009 2:21 PM