Jesus taught an essential kingdom principle to His disciples while they were juggling for position. He told them that he who would be truly great in the kingdom must be the servant of all. Service is a culture of the kingdom and it is equated to greatness. Mariam Wright Edelman said, “Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in spare time.” God owns the earth; and the rent He wants us to pay is render service to people who cross our paths. Service was the defining rule of David’s life. When the Bible first introduced him, he was serving the family by watching over the little flocks. Then we find him running errand for his father, Jesse by taking provisions to his brothers and their captain in the frontline. He served Saul the first king of Israel with his talent of playing the harp. Of course, he put his life on the line to serve the entire nation when he took on Goliath the champion of Gath.

Service is a culture of the kingdom and it is equated to greatness…service was not reserved for spare time or happy moments; it was a way of life…Every service initiative you take brings you a step closer to reward.

In our text, that culture of service showed up again. Though he was mourning the loss of his camp, he still had enough service sense to attend to a total stranger who was hanging on to life precipitously. For David, service was not reserved for spare time or happy moments; it was a way of life. The interesting thing is that all the opportunities that came his way came in the context of service. By ministering to the Egyptian, he was able to recover all that they had lost and got much spoil besides. Every service initiative you take brings you a step closer to reward.