“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?” (Matthew 24:45).
Our scripture today is part of the parable of a good and evil servant. You notice the words “servant” and “lord.” Once we give our lives to Jesus, He should become our Lord and we, His servants. As servants we must realize we were bought out of the slavery of sin and condemnation and we belong to God. In view of this, we must understand that everything we are and have belong to Him now. We become “stewards” or overseers of everything He allows us to possess. We must wisely take care of our time, talents, and possessions as if they belong to God, because they do. Jesus has entrusted us to bring honor and glory to Him by being “faithful and wise servants.” Someday soon we will relinquish all we have and give an account to our “owner” of how we have either used or abused what he has permitted us to have in this life. Will we face Him knowing we did the best we could do?
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