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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Carelessness, #13
The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. "Master," he said, "you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more." His master replied, "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness! The man with the two talents also came. "Master," he said, "you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more." His master replied, "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!" (Matthew 25:20-23)
The message of today is, "Accept Christ; and then when you die He will say, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant,'" even though you have been neither good nor faithful.
The truth is, the Lord doesn't refer to us as a good and faithful servants unless we have been good and faithful. Some things are obvious, but given the present distress, perhaps they need to be emphasized.
You know, all the tests and tribulations of our discipleship will seem as nothing when we come to the end of the trail and see the Lord rejoicing because of our faithfulness. "It will be worth it all, when we see Jesus," the song says.
But if we are to experience such incredible joy, we must "give every passing moment, something to lay in store," as another hymn admonishes us. We have to be utterly diligent every day and every night of our discipleship. There is no point at which we retire until we pass from this world.
"I will put you in charge of many things." Isn't this an interesting reward? Perhaps we wish He would say, "I will give you beautiful house with a soft couch, and you can lay on it for as long as you like." Instead He offers us more responsibility.
Personally I believe the entire Christian Era has been primarily for the purpose of selecting rulers and training them. The remainder of the creation will be set in order as soon as the members of the royal priesthood have been assigned their respective roles. God needs people who can govern the works of His hands in righteousness. Would you care to be one of these?
Then the man who had received the one talent came. "Master," he said, "I knew you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you." (Matthew 25: 24,25)
"I was afraid." Was his problem really fear" He did not make sense, did he?
He knew his Lord is a hard man. The Lord harvests where He doesn't sow. He gathers where He has not scattered seed. Was this any kind of reason for burying his talent? Wasn't it actually a reason to put his talent to use?
To be continued.