Note: Not sure why there was no slice of bread yesterday, but I'm submitting this early, in case it is a timing problem... I hope you receive two slices today.
Luke 16: 1-8
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’
3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 “‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied.
“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’
7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’
“‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied.
“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
Jesus commends the manager for his shrewdness, in what appears to be (and is) a dishonest deal. We might be among the first to call the manager to task, but looking at our own dealings with others might cause us to pause, for there's a little bit of him in us as well. How honest are we in our dealings with others? Can we admit our faults and limitations and redirect our efforts to the "straight and narrow"? Do we want to or do we want to try to get away with as much as we can? Such is our wounded human nature; such as our need for a Redeemer. We have one; let's let him have HIS way with us and help us clean up our dealings with others.
Bro. Rene
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