“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will
say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down
to eat’?
But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to
eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and
afterward you may eat and drink’?
He does not thank the slave because he did the things which
were commanded, does he/
So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded
you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to
have done.’”
Luke 17:7-10
Boy! Does this passage of Scripture put us in our
place! I struggled for a long time with these verses. When I do
something out of obedience, I still want to be recognized! But that is
not my proper place. If you struggle with this, then pride still has too
high of a seat in the governance of your life. We are to be servants not
only in our actions, but in our attitude of humility and thankfulness. It
is only when we reach this level of obedience that our hearts are right before
God. He is everything – in comparison, we are nothing. (Even though
we are His beloved children that He delights in, He still requires obedience
and does not pamper us!)
Do you do your Christian duty hoping for a pat on the
back? Do you respond to God’s voice with arguments or with obedience and
praise? It is a process. I am no there yet, but I am
striving! I hope you are too!
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