Friday Reading: Luke 19:26-27
Key Verse: Luke 19:26
26 For I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given. And from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken from him.
Devotion:
This is the end of the parable about the man who leaves his money with his servants and then comes back after a time to see what they have done with the money; needless to say the servant who simply kept the money and waited for his return did not get anything in the end. Jesus told us this parable so that we could understand that we are now being left in charge of His flock until His return. What we do with His flock is the important thing.
We could be reckless and live a riotous life only to find that The Lord could return whilst we are being riotous; how would you explain that away? We could live a quiet life and keep to ourselves just to make sure that nobody could corrupt us with their evil ways only to find that when Christ does return we have nothing more than when we first got to know Him; what use are we? But what God would have us to do is to share the gospel with others in a way that will bring a good return.
It is no good shouting out the gospel in a crowd where people will hear but forget because they are having too much fun. It is no good reading it out to people who are not listening. What we need to do is to get people together who want to hear God’s Word and give it to them in plain English so that they can understand – but it needs to be God’s Word and not our own. Going to church and listening to someone giving a life lesson may be useful but that is not spreading God’s Word. Going to church and receiving God’s Word with a life lesson would be far more advantageous to all of us; that way God’s Word is on the increase and when He returns He will be pleased with what we have been able to do for Him.
We also need to go to church with the right attitude because if we go to hear a good orator we go for human purposes; if we go to hear God’s Word we go for Christ.
Points to Ponder:
What do you hear at church?
Do you hear God’s Word or just someone speaking?
