“You are My servant, I have chosen you” (Isaiah 41:9)

If you’ve received the grace of God in your heart, its practical effect is to make you His slave. You might be an unfaithful slave, or an unprofitable one, but praise God, you’re His slave, wearing His clothing, feeding at His table, and obeying His commands. “For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness. For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness ... But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life” (Romans 6:19-22).

Our new Master has set us free from sin and death, so “present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you” (Romans 6:13-14).