Reading your Bible for today January 8

January 8 : Matthew 25:20-23

Key Verse : Matthew 25:21
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Devotion :
What sort of a person do you think you are? What sort of a person do you think your boss or your parents think you are? Do the two match up or are they very different? We don’t always give the same picture to our parents as we do to our boss or employers, and visa versa.

This parable gives an insight into the duty of an employee in a way which makes us think a bit more about what we should or should not be doing for God. God should not have to ask us to do things all the time and He should not have to describe what is required from us in exacting details. God has commissioned us to work for Him but He should not have to petition us to carry that work out; we have enough instruction and encouragement written down in our bibles to make sure we know God would like us all to do what we can to forward the Gospel message.

God is pleased with any and all work we do. He does see every bit of work we do or do not do for Him; we should not start to do things just because we think He is watching but rather continue to be faithful and conscientious about the work we do not minding whether God is watching our every step. In this parable each person knew the master would not be watching but had a pretty good idea he would return at some stage to see what had happened.

We do not know when Christ is going to return but that should not dictate whether we go out and do our work for Him or not. Being faithful means doing the work conscientiously no matter when or if Christ is returning. We should not count our reward based on how much work we think we have done either because that is not being faithful, that is simply aiming for as much gain as we can rather than doing what we can for an unknown reward.

Points to Ponder :
Why do you work, be it at school or employed?

Are you doing anything for Christ?