Tuesday... Yes, we have done what was expected. so...

Luke 17:10 (MSG), "When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'"

Tuesday... Yes, we have done what was expected, so...

In this day in which we live we want to be rewarded for what we have done. In fact we expect it.

Jesus in Luke 17 tells a story about this servant. Verses 7-9 (MSG) says, "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending their sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, 'Sit down and eat?' Wouldn't you be more likely to say, 'Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee, then go to the kitchen and have your supper'? Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him?." In the day in which we live we would say, "Yes we do." We need to be appreciated for what we do. We need praise.

But here is what Jesus said in verse 10, "When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" But we want to be rewarded for what we do no matter what it is. They should at least have said, "Thank you."

Verse 10 in the Amplified Bible says, "So you too, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants [undeserving of praise and reward, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have merely done what we ought to do.'" But our pride can get in the way and we say, "we deserve more."

Yes, in our self-centeredness we feel we deserve praise for everything we do.

Now this is important for us to also see and do. Verses 3-4 (NLT) says, "So watch yourselves! If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive." Yes, "The work is done. What we were told to do, we did." But do we do it?

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Here is another one. Verses 5-6, says, "The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power]. And the Lord said, 'If you have [confident, abiding' faith in God [even as small] as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree [which has very strong roots], '"Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea"'; and [if the request was in agreement with the will of God] it would have obeyed you.'"

Now that is so great but the problem is we forget that we are His servants and it still is dependent upon HIs will. Yes, we are His servants. We have done what He said so we can expect for it to happen. He gives us the opportunity to have through faith but it still must go through His will.

Yes, God is our LORD. We serve Him. "When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'" Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning