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Let’s be Wise Servants Waiting for Jesus’ Return

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You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." [Luke 12:40]

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Jesus who saved us is praying for us in heaven and preparing for our home where we will live. And when the time comes, he will come to this world and check how faithfully we have lived.

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But we cannot know when Jesus will come back to this world. So there are people who live as if Jesus won’t come. When Jesus was on the earth, he told us with what kind of heart we should live until Jesus comes back again.

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Jesus told us that there will be people who will be praised for their wisdom or punished for their foolishness.

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This is a story about a foolish servant. There was a very rich person.

This rich man had to leave from his home for a long time. So he called all of his servants.

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And he left a big task to one of his servants.

He told him to manage all of his properties, dividing the needed food and giving them equally to all of his servants.

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But after the master left, this servant acted as if the master would never return. “I don’t even know when will the master return so I want to play and enjoy myself for a while. When the master is about to return, I will clean up my act.” He thought this way and began to live the way that he wanted.

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He acted as if he was the master.

He hit and harassed the other servants whom he should have taken care of.

He ate and used all of his master's properties unresponsibly.

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The master returned without any contact. He was furious at this servant's evil acts. So he had him beaten up and kicked out. The servant was immediately fired from his position. This foolish servant hadn’t thought that his master would return unannounced, so he committed this big mistake.

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Who will be the wise servant?

There was another master who called all of his servants together and said,

“I have to leave for a far off place so it will take lots of time. Until I return, this servant will give the food to you and manage my properties.”

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The master left all his properties to this servant and told him to take good care of the other servants then he left.

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That servant gave the food to the other servants on time and took care of them without difficulties.

Also, he didn’t waste his master’s properties but carefully looked after them.

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One day, the master returned without any contact.

The master was very pleased because his servant did everything he had ordered.

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The master had entrusted all of his properties to the faithful servant who accurately did all the tasks that was left to him.

This servant received a great blessing because he faithfully did all the right things.

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We all are people who are waiting for Jesus like the servant waiting for the master. When Jesus went to heaven, he told us that he will come back again to the earth. And he requested this before he left, “preach the gospel until the end of the world.”

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We too will suffer punishment if we live like the evil servant who acted as if Jesus would not come again and didn't follow the words of God.

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Like this faithful servant we should try hard to be the people who will be without any shame whenever Jesus comes back again. To preach the gospel and obey the words of God every time, we should be about His Work. We should become the children of God who live with the heart of meeting Jesus at any time.