NOVEMBER 07 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” (Matthew 24:45)

 

NOVEMBER 07  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#31

 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master

 made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?”  

(Matthew 24:45)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, King of kings, Lord of lords, from everlasting to everlasting,

 all praise and honor to the Lamb who is worthy! Every knee shall bow

 and every tongue confess, both men and angels shall declare that You

 are the LORD! Jesus, I pray for the sweet peace that can only come

 by our yielding to Your Call through the Holy Spirit to “Come”

 “Come” to You, “Come” follow You, “Come” and enter Your Rest,

 O Lord I “Come” just as I am, I “Come” — O Precious Jesus,

 what a blessing to think that the Lord of lords would call a sinner 

such as I to “Come” to Repentance and then request that I “Come”

 to Your Precious Bleeding Side and be showered by Your Grace

 and Mercy! Grant it Lord that I yield completely and abandon my “self” 

to Your Call and that I will simply “COME”!!!         

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has transitioned from a Lesson on “preparedness” of 

“faithful and wise servants” which He Taught in the Parable of 

the Ten Virgins and now Jesus is Teaching of the responsibilities 

and duties of those that would be “[His] own servant” as Jesus 

Teaches the Parable of the Man Traveling to a Far Country: 

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, 

who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.” 

(Matthew 25:14)

What is common to both parables is that they involve “servants” that 

are responsible to “The Master” — the Ten Virgins were to

 watch for the “Bridegroom” and to help prepare for the “Wedding Feast” 

and with the Parable of the Man Traveling to a Far Country the term

 “his own servants”

 makes it clear that the parable is based on the relationship between the 

“Master” and “his own servants”, 

therefore before we can learn from the Lesson we must search our own

 hearts and our desires and expectations and deal with whatever 

feelings that the thought of being someone’s “servant” draws to the

 surface of our emotions and self-realization!? When I began my 

“Journey to Find Truth” I did not expect that my path would lead

 me through “Servitude and Suffering” but fortunately I was not

 blinded by my personal aversion to being called a “servant”  

but I have since learned that being a “servant”  to a “Good Master”

 is far superior to being the “master of your [own] soul” and steering

 that soul into disaster on the sea of life! 

There is much to learn about “serving” well that applies more to 

being a “Good Master” ourselves than one might believe! 

The Holy Scriptures Teach us  that being the “MASTER” is a heavier burden

 than most weak souls like mine can bear! Personally I was initially 

repulsed by the thought of sitting around on a cloud all day throughout

 eternity and playing a harp and singing “Kumbaya My Lord” but as

 I learned more about “My Lord” and “My Master” I have gained 

a greater “Respect” for what “Great Sacrifice” that had to be made

 by THE FATHER AND THE SON 

to truly deserve the title “Lord and Master”!!!

I have now arrived at the point in my Journey that I am thrilled at

 the prospect that “The Master” has called an unworthy soul such 

as I to “serve Him” and I take great comfort from knowing that being

 “The Master’s Servant” elevates me to a position greater than I expected 

were I to be king of the whole earth!  There is much to learn about

 being “[The Master’s] own servant” and that is why Jesus Teaches

 these parables and has lived His own life to reveal 

“our Father in Heaven” who IS “THE MASTER”

 and “KING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”!!! 

Just imagine being king of a wasteland of despair and then consider 

what lofty position and wonderful environment that comes with the territory

 and title of being “THE MASTER’S own servant” !?!?!?!? 

Once your vision of “THE MASTER” is clear, you can better see the

 advantages of being “HIS servant” — it’s all a matter of perspective

 and the TRUTH OF GOD is that only you can see through your own eyes 

therefore your perspective is your own responsibility and only your own 

perspective can open your own eyes to the “honor” of “serving well” !!!— 

Again, Jesus gives us an option and then reveals God the Father

 by giving us a CHOICE of following “our will of self” or to concede to

 God the Father 

as Jesus did,

 

“Nevertheless, not [my] will 

but Thine be done”

 (Luke 22:42)  

NOVEMBER 06 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” (Matthew 24:45)

 

NOVEMBER 06  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#31 

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master 

made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” 

 (Matthew 24:45)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Thou art Holy as is the Father and the Holy Ghost and You

 have declared that we are to follow You and to be Holy ourselves 

but Lord I find there are times when I find myself “spiritually” weak

 and I selfishly think that I need more than just following You, 

that somehow my “faith” is not sufficient ——— I need You Lord 

and the Holy Spirit to be active in my life as I am active in

 my pursuit to know the Father, for without Your Grace and Infilling

 of the Spirit in our daily lives we regress into our worldly ways 

and evil thoughts that take us away from God as we recoil from

 the Light and pull the covers up over our heads and bury our 

minds in the sands of darkness and unbelief.

Then God whispers in the darkness and the Holy Spirit 

gently reminds me that “waiting for God to act is fleshly unbelief”

 (See Oswald Chambers “My Utmost for His Highest” DECEMBER 6) —

 O LORD, forgive me of all my shortcomings and worldly ways

 and I pray to be filled with Your Love. Please give us the strength

 and discipline to be “faithful and wise servants” for You and the

 kingdom’s sake and let us not hide in our worldly-selfishness 

but to Joyfully serve others unselfishly in Your Name!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus started His Parable of the Ten Virgins “preparedness” Lesson with

 “THEN the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to…” 

(Matthew 25:1)

 and ended the parable with “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day

 nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” 

(Matthew 25:13)

 The Parable of the Ten Virgins then addresses details of the first 

part of the Jesus Question “Who then is a faithful and wise servant…”

 and now Jesus is going to give us a Lesson in the responsibilities

 of being “…made ruler over [our] household, 

to give [our household] food in due season…” 

(Matthew 24:45)  

God never requires anything from us that He has not given us

 instructions for and He has already made provisions for us —

 for example: God freed Israel (His Chosen People) from their

 bondage in Egypt (Babylon?) and led (those that chose to

 “Follow Him) to the “Promised Land”  (that was already “flowing with

 milk and honey”) and they were to inhabit cities already built

 and fully supplied with materials — so if God is going to require the

 “ruler of the household” to give “[the members of the household]

 food in due season” then God will provide for them

 as well as giving them instructions 

which Jesus is doing as He Teaches another parable 

which He starts like the last parable, 

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far

 country, who called his own servants and delivered 

his goods to them.”

 (Matthew 25:14)  

This “man traveling to a far country” sounds exactly like God

 is “the master” and God has made “his own servant” the

 “ruler over the household” and God has provided the “ruler” 

with the necessary provisions [“delivered his goods to the ruler”] 

in order for the “ruler to give [the household] food in due season.” 

 So we can be confident that Jesus is going to reveal another 

Truth of God 

and give us instructions on how to use the provisions God gives us

 and to use those provisions to provide for our “household” and to

 have confidence that necessary provisions will arrive in their “due season”! 

So let us look at the start of this new parable again and observe

 that the “man traveling to a far country” means the man is going to 

leave “his own servants” but is making provision for them 

[“delivered his goods to”] while he is gone —

 but without reading ahead, if this parable is instruction details

 for the Teaching Question 

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant” 

then at the end of the parable we can expect the

 “man traveling to a far country” 

that at a later date  “HE WILL RETURN”

 and check to see what “his own servants” have accomplished

 with the provisions that He has “delivered…to [his own]”!!! 

This parable in conjunction with the last parable should make us 

realize the Truth of God that if we want to be “rulers” that we

 must first be a “SERVANT TO THE MASTER” and we should ask

 ourselves the ultimate Question:

 “Am I willing to SERVE GOD in the manner that He requires

 of “HIS OWN SERVANTS” and live up to the responsibility 

that comes with God making you a ‘ruler’?”?!?!?!?!?!? 

If you cannot come to the conclusion that being a “servant” 

to God the Father is far better than being a king in the world, 

then you are well on the way to a day that 

“there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” — 

just saying — 

after all it is YOUR CHOICE — but “CHOOSE WISELY” —

 and that may mean you will need a “servant’s heart” 

to hear THE MASTER!!!