Thursday, May 18, 2017

What to Expect from your Boss...

Luke 12:35 Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
What is he imagery Jesus uses here? To expect the boss to come at the most unexpected time.  Being ready for Him to show up at any time means we are always doing what we know He would want us to be doing if He were here.  We expect Him to bless us and treat us more than fairly when He returns, as long as we are doing what is right.  It does not mean living life in fear of a beating (though for servants/slaves in that day that might really happen.) It means we live in anticipation of His return because we cannot wait to show Him what we have done with His resources and the creativity God has given us.  This is  a proper perspective both for our spiritual lives and our work lives. Expecting the unexpected.  Working hard and creatively so that we might even surprise our boss/Lord/supervisor with what has been done. (Can Christ be surprised?) So, as we go throughout our day today, expect the unexpected, work hard to show yourself and approved worker, ask God to show you how to be more creative.

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