There’s that famous parable of the ten talents, where a master gives three of his servants some money to safeguard.
Two of the servants end up investing the money and doubling it, but the third servant ends up burying the money.
In the end, the Master calls the first two servants and says, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
“Well done”, he says.
Because he entrusted the money to them. And they put it to work, and they returned double to him.
It hit me that the master could’ve called them all sorts of things.
Wise servants
Successful servants
Business-minded servants
Hard-working servants
Game-changing servants?
Instead, he looks at them and says, “Well done, good and faithful servants.”
Not famous, not successful, not hard working and ambitious, not game changing.
“Well done, good and faithful servants.“
Which leaves us with the question
What is the point of being successful, but not faithful?
What is the point of being ambitious, even for the Kingdom of God, if we’re not faithful?
What is the point of being famous, even for the Kingdom of God, if we’re not faithful?
Or in Jesus’ amazing words – “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his soul?”
Jesus, the Master, is looking for servants – good and faithful.
