This is the 94th letter:
Text for the day: Luke 19:13
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds,
and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Our Theme for the day: “Occupy Till I Come”
Our Devotional
In our text today Jesus is seen sharing a parable with those at Zacchaeus house which has great implications for us who are living in these last days. From the birth of Jesus first miracle of turning water into wine, the people had their eyes fix on Jesus hoping He was the one to free them from their present kingdom. Now the time had come they thought, because He was close to Jerusalem
The story goes on to say that this nobleman went into a far country to receive unto him-self a kingdom and return. After giving His servants some of what he owned he left and said to all of them, "Occupy till I come" Luke 19:13. What does it mean to occupy until Jesus comes? The word “occupy” in this text means, “to carry on trade” Luke 19:15. Jesus begins by saying, there was once a man descended from a royal house that needed to make a long trip back to headquarters to get authorization for his rule and then return. But first he called ten servants together, gave them each a sum of money, and instructed them, “Operate with this until I return” Luke 19:12-13. It may be but a few years until our life's history shall close, but we must occupy till then. Christ would have everyone educate themselves to calmly contemplate His second appearing. All are to search the Word of God daily, but not neglect present duties, because His words are occupy till I come. Christ declared that when He comes some of His waiting people will be engaged in business transactions. Some will be sowing in the field, others reaping and gathering in the harvest, and others grinding at the mill.
It is not God's will that His elect shall abandon life's duties and responsibilities and give themselves up to idle contemplation, living in a religious dream. We must work, or carry on trade. “He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment” Proverbs 12:11. The word of God goes on to say, “Repair thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house” Proverbs 24:27. Without overworking, learn how to crowd all the good works you possibly can into your life today, and build on it God willing tomorrow. Finally, it doesn’t matter how much you love or hate God, as we see in Luke 19:14. When He comes again He will ask, what you have done with that I have given you. Have you invested your gifts or talents and received others, or have you kept them for your own selfish purposes? In verse’s 22 to 27 these earth shattering words are penned. “His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
Why then didn't you put my money, “gifts and talents” on deposit, so that when I come again, I could have collected it with interest?” Then he said to those standing by, take from him who has done nothing and give it to him who has most. Then Jesus said, to everyone who has, more will be given, and to those who have not increase what they have, even that will be taken away. But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them bring them here and kill them in front of me. “There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” Matthew 24:51. Let’s make full proof of our work today, for the Master shall ask all of us, did you occupy till I come?
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Our Prayer for today: Lord, take our hands and make them industrious for thee today.
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