More Will Be Asked

"Much will be required of the person entrusted with much and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more." (Lk 12: 48).  We might not like to hear this, for it puts pressure on us to be ready to "give up" as well as to give more.  Our days are so full, that being asked to do one more thing seems to throw everything off.  "How can I do all this and still find time to eat and sleep, let alone enjoy some leisure to read the news paper or watch my favorite show?", we ask as we shy away from this passaged.  We need to remember that we were created from nothing out of love, for a purpose:  to know, love and serve God.  If we reflect on our experience, we discover that anytime we've been asked to "do more," we've done it, and have been energized by it.  We need to grow in the confidence that God knows all our needs, yes, but he has lavished each one of us with unique gifts, not for ourselves, but for others. We run into so many people asking for prayers, for example.  Can we refuse them by saying "I have too many people to pray for?"  If we have he gift of prayer, such a blessing is not for us alone, but to serve others.  We say over and over, "Nothing is impossible with God."  Do we believe it?  If so, let's act on it, and willing take the sure chance that God will help us to give more.
Bro. Rene