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Chapter 33 |
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There is a beatitude in our lesson which we should take into our lives. “Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.” “So doing” — how doing? Doing his work with fidelity. If a man went away and left a servant in charge of a certain piece of work, fixing no time for his returning, what should the servant do in the master’s absence? Sit in the doorway and watch to see his return? That is not the kind of watching that will please his master. He wants his servant to attend to the duties assigned him, and desires to find him, on his return, not idly gazing out at the window, but busy at his work. The way to be ready for Christ’s coming, whenever and in whatever way He may come, is not to sit down in idleness and watch for His appearance, but to keep at one’s tasks with unceasing diligence, so that when He comes He may find our work all finished.
Again and again is repeated the warning to those who are unfaithful. “The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him.” There are several things said about this servant. For one thing, he is unbelieving. “My lord delayeth His coming.” As a result of his unbelief he is unfaithful to his duties and to the trust reposed in him. Then, besides unfaithfulness in duty, he is unjust to his fellow servants. He becomes selfish, grasping, domineering, and cruel. Then in his own moral habits he becomes debased. He is found eating, drinking, and drunken. The punishment of the unfaithful and evil servant is stated clearly in the last verse. It is a fearful thing to disregard life’s solemn responsibilities. We should compare these two pictures — the faithful and the unfaithful servant — and know positively which one of the two is our own portrait.
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