who disliked him, sent a delegation after him with this message, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’
He returned, however, appointed as king. At once he sent for the servants,
to whom he had given the money, (…) The first came in and reported, ‘Sir, your pound of
silver has earned ten more pounds of silver.’ (…) The second reported, ‘Sir, your pound of
silver earned five more pounds of silver.’ (…) The third came in, and said, ‘Sir, here is your money,
which I hid for safekeeping. I was afraid of you, for you are an exacting person (…)
The master replied, ‘You worthless servant, I will judge you by your own words! (…) Then the master
said to those standing by, ‘Take from him that pound, and give it to the one with ten pounds.’ (…)
‘I tell you, everyone who has will be given more; but from those who have nothing,
even what they have will be taken away. (…)
REFLECTION:
We see the glorified Christ speaking to his Church in Revelation 2-3. Now the scene shifts and
we see the glory of Almighty God as well as the worthiness of the Lamb of God.
We are also introduced to the worship that goes on before the throne of God.
Too often we are bored by worship, but worship is our destiny and our privilege as God's people.
The Parable of the Pounds, as it is often called, speaks to us disciples about our productivity.
The servants were given money to invest and work with to see how much they could increase the amount.
Since each was given a relatively small sum, the nobleman's purpose was not increasing his wealth
so much as testing to see which of his servants would be worthy of greater responsibility
in his kingdom when he returned.
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