"May it be done unto me according to Thy word.”

The Lord’s bond servant…

According to law the word bond means an obligation or deed by which a person binds himself, his heirs, and administrators to pay. Its cement, that unites, it’s binding.
To be a servant is to yield obedience to another. To be God’s servant is to be used by God to accomplish His will, we voluntarily serve and submit. Not all servants are voluntary. But as servants of the Most high what is such a beautiful picture is that we willing lay ourselves down at His feet. Willing and ever ready to serve Him with everything in us because of His great sacrifice! He made us, He bought us with a price. He has legal documents signed by the very blood of Jesus Christ declaring that we are His. And then….He gave us our freedom but then who else do we desire to serve but the One who paid the price? (1 Peter 2:16) He saved us from our bonds, He broke our chains, He rescued us out of the miry clay! The only way we can show our gratefulness, our love, our adoration, our appreciation, our wonder for His great mercy and grace is to offer our services, to say, “I covenant myself to Thee my Lord, I bind myself to Thee o Omnipotent Yahweh! ALL I desire to do is serve you all the days of my life, I am at Your disposal my King, use me, flow through me, spend me, call me, consume me!

So, in essence a bond servant of the Lord is someone who makes a covenant, a pledge, a promise to God and cements, binds oneself in EVERY aspect of ones life to God. It is being “devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests.” On its basic level a bondservant is simply following your master completely disregarding your own will, emotions, and desires.

“. . . for My sake” Matthew 5:11b

“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.” Romans 1:1

“And His bond-servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in
their foreheads.” Revelation 22:3-4

“Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's
elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal
life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times
manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the
commandment of God our Savior.” Titus 1:1-3

“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your
bondservants for Jesus' sake.” ~2 Corinthians 4:5


Another word for bondservant is handmaid I just started to touch on the lives of some of the Handmaidens of the Most High…

Mary Mother of Yeshua~ “And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; may it be done unto me according to Thy word.” (Luke 1:38)

Mary’s song of adoration unto her King…“And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.” (Luke 1:46-49)

…other translations say bondslave instead of handmaid.

Abigail~ “And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.” (1 Samuel 25:27-28)

Hannah~ “And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.” (1 Samuel 1:11)

Ruth~ “And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.” (Ruth 3:9)

And so, here I am declaring that I am GIVEN to His cause. I am His blondslave, His handmaiden, wholly and completely consecrated unto His will and His call! I was made for “such a time as this” a time to lay my life down at His feet. I am devoted unto You my King! Let your very heartbeat be found beating within me! I am Yours and Yours alone! I love you! May You be found reigning in this poured out vessel of Yours!

Thank you for Your sacrifice may I ever be found breaking my spikenard at Your feet!

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full into His wonderful face;
And all the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.”
-H. Lemmel

His Handmaiden,
Brooke Rachelle