AN UNFAITHFUL SERVANT

AN UNFAITHFUL SERVANT


Luke 13:6 “He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.”

Mathew 25:30 “And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth”



An elderly carpenter was ready to retire,. He told his employer – contractor of his plans to leave the house building and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get.

The contractor was sorry to see his worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in that time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “ my gift to you.”

What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built not too well.

So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important point we do not give the job our best effort.

Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build.

Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, “Life is do-it-yourself project.” Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

O Lord, let your confidence in me not be like that of an unfaithful man in time of trouble, that is is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint in Jesus name.

O Lord, I pray for your abundant grace so that at the end O Lord, it will said of me “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord” in Jesus name..

O Lord let me not be a wicked and slothful servant to you my creator in Jesus name,