““The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’”
Matthew 25:22-23 NIV
FAITHFUL Servant —
1 Corinthians 4:2, NIV Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
“A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.”
Proverbs 28:20 NIV
“Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?”
Proverbs 20:6 NIV
Faithfulness hinges upon what we value as important combined with commitment. Humans have a powerful tendency to be faithful to what they think is truly important, be it a family name, spouse, friendship, employer, school, athletic team or even certain things like a make of automobile.
FAITHFULNESS IS ONE OF THE CORE VIRTUES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
why is faithfulness so important?
for the Christian, being faithful is important for four reasons:
1)we need to be faithful because God is faithful.
God is faithful which means ...
... He is consistent
... He is dependable
... He is reliable at all times
2) we need to be faithful because God wants us to be like Him
3)we need to be faithful because faithfulness makes life a whole lot easier
4)we need to be faithful because God is going to judge us according to our faithfulness
Jesus emphasized 5 words: Well … done … good … faithful … servant.
Faithfulness is the one He reemphasized in giving out His rewards (Matthew 25:21, 23): “Well done, good and faithful servant!
You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.
Come and share your master’s happiness!” The master had entrusted the servants with a portion of His assets, which they were expected to use faithfully on behalf of the master.
The Bible commands us to “examine ourselves” (2 Corinthians 13:5). Ask yourself, are you faithfully committed to the Lord, your spouse, your family, your church, and to the gifts and callings of the Lord in your life?
Remember Jesus’ words to the third servant, who had failed to be faithful in what the Lord had entrusted to him — “You wicked, lazy servant!” (Matthew 25:26).
Mark 10:45, NIV “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Jesus, the greatest Person ever to walk the earth, said that even He came to serve, to give. How can we, for whom He died, do any less?
We born-again children of God are citizens of the kingdom of God (John 3:3). And greatness in God’s sight comes through being a servant. Jesus said,
“The greatest among you will be your servant” (Matthew 23:11), just as He came to serve us in His life, in His ministry, and in His death and resurrection for our salvation.
He washed the disciples feet to give all of us an example: if our Lord and Master served in this way, how much more should we?
