Rev.
Fr. Emmanuel Emenike Onyia.
ARE
YOU THAT HUMBLE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD?
In our society today, the rate people seek rewards for what they have done and some even for what they have not done
is quite disturbing. Today it is difficult for people to do things without
looking for what they will gain from it. In fact, it takes courage to trust
people even when they extend their hands of generosity to others because we
often think that they have some interior motives behind the generosity. But
this should not be our attitude as disciples of Christ.
Little wonder in our Gospel passage today,
Jesus in the parable of a dutiful
servant corrects some of the wrong thinking and notions about being a disciple
and teaches us what our true place and disposition should be. In the parable, Jesus compared our relationship with God to that of a master and his servant.
Where the servant had a duty to serve his master well and to do what he had
been told to do without seeking any compliments. Because the master has no
obligation to congratulate or please the servant.
Therefore, this tells us that we are “unworthy
servants” before our Worthy and righteous God who loves us even in our
unworthiness. So disciples should not seek reward for their good deeds. For our
obedience to God is required by the very nature of who God is and not something
to boast about or seek a reward for, since our obedience to him is that of a
son or daughter to a loving Father. Little wonder St. Paul in our first reading
made us know that God made man imperishable, he made him in the image of his nature; it was the devil’s envy that brought death into the world, as those
who are his partners will discover. But the souls of the virtuous are in the
hands of God, no torment shall ever touch them.
Dear friends, today we are reminded that following
Jesus requires being a humble and faithful servant of God. Hence, we should do
all our good works in humility without any strange attachment. We should do
what we can to help others we meet on our way for no reason other than to help
for the seek of helping. Therefore, as a faithful servants, all that is required
is for us to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly before God without
seeking any reward for that is what we are called to do. Remember that
everything that happens to us, whether prosperous or adverse, comes from God so that you neither become puffed up in prosperity nor discouraged in
adversity. Thus, in anything you do avoid evil, do good, and seek peace.
LET US
PRAY: Heavenly Father, teach us how to be a humble
and faithful servant, even when it is difficult. Grant us the grace to be
faithful and humble servants at any level we find ourselves without seeking rewards. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen Do have a faithful day.
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