Good Morning Friends,
“Jesus said: ‘A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.' But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.' He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'” (Luke 19:12-17)
It’s not hard to figure out the point of this story of Jesus.
Jesus is the man of noble birth who went away to be declared king.
Not everyone was happy that Jesus was to be declared king. Some tried to do everything they could to keep that from happening. They rejected Him on earth and took His earthly life. But despite their strong efforts to disrupt the plan to make Jesus king, He was still made king. God declared Him so in the resurrection and there is promised a day when Jesus will return so that all will see Him as King.
When He does return it will be for judgment. Those who have rejected Him as king, He will reject and punish. But even those who avow their allegiance to Jesus will be judged. What Jesus will be looking for then is whether their allegiance is genuine or not. The mark of genuine allegiance will not be how much work a person has done for Him. Each person will accomplish different things and different amounts. What they accomplish will be determined, in part, by the measure of giftedness with which God has blessed them. People won’t be judged by how much they have accomplished, but by their faithfulness, their willingness to follow Jesus as His servants.
What Jesus has entrusted to us here are such little things. He has entrusted us with talents of one kind or another. He has entrusted us with time – although a minute amount compared to eternity. He has entrusted us with material resources, but again a very small amount of those when compared to the vast resources of heaven.
How we handle these few resources with which He has entrusted us here – whether or not we are faithful in following Him with these few things – that’s what He’ll be looking at when we stand before Him.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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