Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Reading: Mark 12:1-12
Reflection: OK...I realize that this is likely a relatively superficial application of this passage of scripture. However, as I read this passage what initially struck me was my tendancy to think I am the rightful owner of that which belongs to God and has been entrusted to me. All that I have is truly Gods. He has entrusted it to me for a season of time. I am free to use those things, enjoy those things, and perhaps most importantly to care for and protect those things for His sake and name. The day will come when He returns to claim what has always rightfully belonged to Him. When He does, will I joyful receive His visit and proudly reveal to Him how I cared for and protected what He entrusted to me, or will I regret His visit and be upset that He thinks He can claim what I have tried to claim for myself? If my approach is the second of the two, then I will not receive what God has given to me with thanks, but will regret the fact that He has not given them to me. If the first is my attitude, I joyfully serve as His humble servant, thankful for the trust and honor He has bestowed on me. So, do you regret that God has only entrusted to you all you possess, or are you thankful that He trusts you enough to do so? I hope for all of us that our attitude is thanfulness leading to joyful service rather than regret leading to anger.
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