Serve
Generally speaking, people who are at lower levels of an organization serve those at higher levels. Bosses boss and their employees serve; coaches devise strategy and players do what the coach tells them to do; engineers design car parts and workers assemble them according to the engineers' instructions. Ideally, of course, it's a two-way street: A good boss knows he is really there to help his employees succeed; a good coach creates strategies based on his players' strengths. Even there, though, the boss and coach are really working in service of a higher goal, seeking organizational success. The same is true in the spiritual sense of the Bible. When someone serves another, they are in a lower state, serving a higher state (or a deeper evil, if they are being enslaved by people who represent evil). This can take many different forms, depending on the circumstances. In many cases, this creates a connection between "service" and intellectual things. This is because who we are is determined by what we love; our loves are the deepest part of us. What we think, our reasoning and intellect and the things we learn about, come from those loves and serve those loves.
Psalm第132章:1-9
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Ein Lied im höhern Chor. Gedenke, HERR, an David und all sein Leiden,
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der dem HERRN schwur und gelobte dem Mächtigen Jakobs:
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"Ich will nicht in die Hütte meines Hauses gehen noch mich aufs Lager meines Bettes legen,
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ich will meine Augen nicht schlafen lassen noch meine Augenlider schlummern,
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bis ich eine Stätte finde für den HERRN, zur Wohnung des Mächtigen Jakobs."
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Siehe, wir hörten von ihr in Ephratha; wir haben sie gefunden auf dem Felde des Waldes.
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Wir wollen in seine Wohnung gehen und anbeten vor seinem Fußschemel.
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HERR, mache dich auf zu deiner Ruhe, du und die Lade deiner Macht!
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Deine Priester laß sich kleiden mit Gerechtigkeit und deine Heiligen sich freuen.
