UNWORTHY SERVANT

Luke 17:7-10, “Suppose someone has a servant who is plowing fields or watching sheep. Does he tell his servant when he comes from the field, ‘Have something to eat’?

v.8 No. Instead, he tells his servant, ‘Get dinner ready for me! After you serve me my dinner, you can eat yours.’

v.9 He doesn’t thank the servant for following orders.

v.10 That’s the way it is with you. When you’ve done everything you’re ordered to do, say, ‘We’re worthless servants. We’ve only done our duty.’ ”

Whatever we do in the service of Christ, we must be very humble, and not think that we merit any favor at the hand of God, or claim it as a debt. Our whole being is to be at His disposal all the time. We are not our own. We have been bought with a price, that being the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. Just as the slave in this passage. To think other wise is putting ourselves in a position of rebellion against the most High.

The servant was given duties to perform by his master, with the expectation of completion within a reasonable amount of time. We also are give tasks to perform when we receive the new birth experience. Go into all the world and preach the gospel, heal the sick, cleans the leper, raise the dead, freely we have received, freely give.

Notice, the servant was required to continue serving until the master was satisfied. It is fitting that Christ should be serve before us. A doubting Christian says that they cannot give Christ the glory of His love as they should, because they have not obtained the comfort of it. But this is wrong. First we must let Christ have the glory of it, let us attend to Him with our praises, and then we shall eat and drink in the comfort of that love.

We as Christ’s servants will gird ourselves with the Word of God, to keep from entangling ourselves in this worlds system. Keeping our minds stayed upon the Lord with all His promises. We must first attend to the Lords work. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.

As we complete the assignments given to us from the King of Glory our reward will be the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Mathew 25:21. Then we shall be ministered to by the Angel’s of God forever!

Al S