“Much Has Been
Given,
Much Will Be
Required”
Peter said, “Lord, are you telling
this parable for us or for everyone?” And the Lord said, “Who then is the
faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves,
to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave
whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will
put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that slave says to
himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and if he begins to beat the other
slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that
slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he
does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and put him with the unfaithful.
That slave who knew what his master wanted, but did
not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will receive a severe beating. But
the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light
beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and
from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.
We are all given breaks somewhere at
some point in our lives. The focus should be on what you do when given those
breaks. Do you thank the Lord or do you expect further breaks? We who know
Christ, know we have received something truly great – eternal life. We know
that can only come with the salvation and forgiveness that Jesus gives us.
Grace is an unearned blessing given by God to an unworthy recipient.
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