Luke Chapter 17 Verse 7 through 10
“ 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 recline at the table? Will he not rather say to him, ‘prepare supper for me, and dress properly and serve me while I eat and drink? Does he thank the servant because he did what he was commanded? So you also , when you have done all that you were commanded, say we are unworthy servants, we have only done what was our duty”
So this isn’t the first time that I’ve had to IBS these verses. I went back and I read the IBS I had previously written on the last part of this portion of scripture, just to see what I had written. It is just as convicting the second time as it was the first. The only difference is that because my relationship with the Lord has grown,so have the responsibilities and the situations He’s put me in. I am not just faced with being a good servant, a profitable servant, during KP or servant time but it’s also to now go above and beyond in ALL areas of ministry that He has gifted and entrusted me with. The main point of this portion of scripture was probably always to get me to do that conclusion (I'm getting there, slowly but surely,baby steps right?) , but where I’m at right now in my life, it’s definitely given me a cold hard reality check. I am to throw myself deeper into all of my commitments, and that doesn’t just mean in passion but in faith as well. The faith to truly believe that all that I am doing, whatever it is whether big or small in my own flesh tainted eyes, is worthy to my Master when done with an upright heart. It's a reality check to what my motivation for serving actually is, it shouldn’t be to have a cool story during re-entry, or to compare my field experience with anyone else’s even my own team’s but rather my motivation should be to please the one that has Redeemed and Ransomed me. In Hebrews 11:6 it says “For without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that comes to God must believe that He is”. So when it seems hard, or uncertain or unclear I am to serve still, and do so with in faith and with everything I have, always looking for an opportunity to do more, because I am not serving anyone else but the One who is the True Living God.
It’s not to say that the Lord demands all of this back breaking service or is cruel or mistreats His servants, that’s not it at all, in fact Hebrews 11:6 concludes by saying “and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”. The Lord loves me, He’s already proven that on the cross and in the Unfailing Steadfast Love that He shows me daily, but He also choses on top of all that to be a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, not in appearance but in their hearts. I would rather do the same exact thing every single day ( which if you know me would not be easy ) and do it with a right heart ,one that is diligently seeking the Lord is everything I do, say or think than have a jam packed schedule but completely forget to Seek after Him.
God is Good, all the time God is good, even in those times when I lose sight of what is really important. I want to be a profitable servant, and those are made within the heart, not within the job.
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