Occupy Till I Come

Luke 19:13  

"And he called his ten servants, and delivered 

them ten pounds, and said unto 

them, Occupy till I come." 

   The parable of the king and his servants illustrates certain  facts of the Christian life. It tells of the king's trust. He gave his servants the money and then went away and left them to use it as they could and as they thought best. He did not in any way interfere with them. The King left them entirely on their own merit. That is the way in which God trusts us. 

   This parable tells of a test of trust, whether or not a man was faithful and reliable in little things.

Sometimes a man justifies a problem in his ordinary routine affairs of life by claiming that "he has a mind above things that's not important."  However God does not. It is exactly in these routine duties that God is testing men. There is no better example than Jesus Himself. For thirty years Jesus held the job of a carpenter in Nazareth. He never gave up on His obligation of being the bread winner for the family. If Jesus could not have done that, God could never give Him the task of being the Savior of the world. 
   My Friends, What I want all of us to take from this parable is this: "There is no such thing as standing still in the Christian life. We either get more or lose what we have. We either advance to greater heights or slip back."
Amen!

Reading: Luke 19:11-27
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry