Matthew 25:21b Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things,

We who believe, don’t we want to hear “Well done, thou good and faithful servant:”? So much so perhaps that we fail to understand why the Lord would call us that considering He ended with “thou hast been faithful over a few things”.

Here once again we see things from a world view rather than from the only one who was truly faithful in all that He did and said. We think of faithful as being obedient to do all we are asked. He calls us good and faithful even though we have been faithful only in a few things.

Only Jesus got it all right. The rest of us came up short of perfection. It does not matter how short you came up, we didn’t do everything right. His calling us faithful has nothing to do with our performance, it has everything to do with His love for us. His expression of love is equal to all. It is only our opinion of our activity that is subject to judgment.

Failing makes me want to rededicate myself. I didn’t get it right that time, I will remember that the next time. Does everyone feel that way? I don’t know, I can only speak for myself. I only know one thing for sure.

It is easier to be faithful if you do not commit yourself to anything.

Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

I hope to do better.

Psalms 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

I know what this means. It isn’t the same for all men. Some guys like to hear themselves talk. That isn’t what this means. Some guys like to have the answers. That isn’t what this means. Some guys like pulling the wool over people’s eyes. That isn’t what this means. So guys love how cleaver they are, with a quick tongue. That isn’t what this means.

I do not think that there is anything in life more joyful than to have the Lord use my body as a means of delivering His will into another’s life. Not to hear a Word and repeat it, but to open the mouth with nothing and have the Lord fill it.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Nope, no better feeling that to be used of the Lord.