PARABLES OF JESUS – Pluggers Who Live By Faith
Luke 17:7, 9
" 'And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, "Come at once and sit down to eat"? .... Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.' "
In this parable about faith, Jesus turned the spotlight from doing miraculous exploits to just plain living – working in the field as a servant. Most of life is not the miraculous but the mundane labor of life. Often our lives are filled with a lot of stuff that is not spectacular. We just plug along, struggling with our problems, not getting much recognition or thanks for our work. But that's life. Pluggers get the nitty-gritty of life done without much reward. In the midst of the day-to-day living, we serve the Master by faith, doing what we are supposed to do. We want the miraculous, but that is not normal living. Hebrews Chapter 11, the Faith chapter, talks of those who experienced great victories and miracles (vss. 33-34). But it also talks of "others" who just experienced life – those who were tortured, scourged, stoned, ripped in two, tempted, afflicted, tormented, and wandered destitute (vss. 35-39) – but who still lived by faith . Now which takes more faith – to do great miracles or to live for Jesus in the hard times of life?
TODAY'S THOUGHT: It takes as much or more faith to live for Jesus through the mundane struggles of life as it does to do great miracles.
Have a "plugger" day. Love you.
Luke 17:7, 9
" 'And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, "Come at once and sit down to eat"? .... Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.' "
In this parable about faith, Jesus turned the spotlight from doing miraculous exploits to just plain living – working in the field as a servant. Most of life is not the miraculous but the mundane labor of life. Often our lives are filled with a lot of stuff that is not spectacular. We just plug along, struggling with our problems, not getting much recognition or thanks for our work. But that's life. Pluggers get the nitty-gritty of life done without much reward. In the midst of the day-to-day living, we serve the Master by faith, doing what we are supposed to do. We want the miraculous, but that is not normal living. Hebrews Chapter 11, the Faith chapter, talks of those who experienced great victories and miracles (vss. 33-34). But it also talks of "others" who just experienced life – those who were tortured, scourged, stoned, ripped in two, tempted, afflicted, tormented, and wandered destitute (vss. 35-39) – but who still lived by faith . Now which takes more faith – to do great miracles or to live for Jesus in the hard times of life?
TODAY'S THOUGHT: It takes as much or more faith to live for Jesus through the mundane struggles of life as it does to do great miracles.
Have a "plugger" day. Love you.
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