We Are Unworthy Servants

 

Lk 17:7-10

Only Our Duty

7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Our Gospel today is intended to keep us from getting big heads. We have a job to do, as does everyone else, so JUST DO IT.   No hoopla, no fanfare. We need to remain humble and faithful to our state in life, carrying out what is expected of us. This is a  good sobering passage which helps us keep things in perspective. Let us be good and faithful servants.

Bro. Rene

Dear God, help me to remain your humble, faithful servant. Amen