Do you ever think about what your life might have been like if you had chosen a different occupation? Most of us do occasionally, but I doubt that any of us have ever considered being a slave!

Slaves have no rights. They go where they are sent and do what they are told. Their only job is to please their master. None of us would choose to be a slave, yet that’s how James, one of the authors of the New Testament, referred to himself. For him, the greatest honor was to be called “a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.”

How do you like people to refer to you – as rich, good looking or young? Consider just once that there’s a title and a position that’s better than them all. It’s to be the slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.