Luke 12:48b

From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted much, much will be asked.

There are strings attached when God gives much to a person or entrusts a person with much. When that is the case, more is demanded. There is more that is asked.

Jesus was telling a parable to His followers about masters and servants. To take the parable and put it into the context of my life, Jesus is the master and I am the servant. Verse 47 in this chapter speaks of the servant who knows the master’s will and doesn’t do it or who doesn’t get ready for the Master’s return. The master isn’t pleased with the servant when He returns and finds things unprepared or unaccomplished. I know the feeling…how upset I am when I come home to find that my teenager hasn’t done what was required to be done before I got home from work! My will was known but not done.

I know God’s will in many instances (and need to seek it in others) but am not sure that I am always working and focusing only on that in preparation for His return. I believe that Christ will return soon and am convicted about what all He has for me to accomplish in the meantime.  Verse 33 in this chapter talks about being ready for service…ready to do what God desires for me to do. Much has been given to me. I have my needs met each day by my faithful God. I have been entrusted with much. There are my children and those He has put in my life with whom I can have a ministry. The strings are attached. I need to share the material blessings I have been given with others. I need to know what God would have me to do to minister to my children and to those whose lives are being woven into mine. Knowing what God wants me to do is imperative. I want to hear “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21) when Christ returns. What is He asking of me today?

Lord, thank you. All that I have comes from you. Let me be your willing and obedient servant. I desire to do the “much” that You have asked me to do today because I love you for what you have done for me. Thank you for paying the price for my sins.

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