Unworthy of consolation

I am prais­ing God today!

Jesus says (in Luke 17:7–10):

Will any one of you who has a ser­vant plow­ing or keep­ing sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Pre­pare sup­per for me, and dress prop­erly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and after­ward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the ser­vant because he did what was com­manded? So you also, when you have done all that you were com­manded, say, ‘We are unwor­thy ser­vants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

The won­der­ful thing is, that although a man ought not to con­sider him­self wor­thy of con­so­la­tion, God is such a good mas­ter, that he wel­comes his ser­vant when he comes in from the field, say­ing, “Well done, good and faith­ful ser­vant. You have been faith­ful over a lit­tle; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your mas­ter” (Matthew 25:21).

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