Faithful Servant

Scripture: "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at table'? 8 Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'" Luke 17:7-10

Reflection:  In our service in God’s vineyard there are often times when we go through painful doubts of hurt and rejection. Often wondering whether the master cares for us or not, whether he loves us or not, whether his presence is with us or not?

There is no room for such feelings for a good servant who has entered into a contract with the master. If the servant has entered into a contract of faithful service to his master and is happy doing his job then nothing should come in between his duty to the master and himself that should disturb his peace.  In human terms the master may seem demanding and exploitative but he eternally cares for his servant whom he provides and feed;” afterward you shall eat and drink”.

Yet when we faithfully follow the Gospel, and experience all sorts of rejections then we forget our contract with the Lord and even get into a form of self pity; poor me, why am I suffering or why me Lord? We tend to get enclosed in on ourselves and forget the promise we made to him and the acceptance of the daily cross of life.

Prayer:  Lord, make me a servant dedicated and committed to you.

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