The next five posts come from an article by Eric Watkins that was posted on Ligonier's website. The article is on vocational success and why our work matters:
Whether in the areas of parenting, relationships, or our vocations, we all srive for success. Vocational success lies at the heart of the American dream, which teaches that if one works hard enough and long enough, he will most likely succeed. But how do we measure success from a distinctively Christian point of view? Is it by how much money we make? How many things we own? Is it in the number of people who think of us as successful?
In Matthew 25:14–30, Jesus tells the parable of three servants, the first two of whom were found faithful, but the last of whom was declared to be unfaithful. The first two were faithful because when their master departed for a long journey, the servants took that with which the master entrusted them and carefully invested it. Upon the master’s return, it had yielded a great profit. The master was pleased, and entrusted them with even more. But the third servant neither loved nor respected his master. In an act of self-preservation and disinterest, he hid his master’s money in the ground, and upon the master’s return, he gave the uninvested money back to his master. The speech the servant gives to his master reveals that the servant neither truly loved nor respected his master, and thus the servant squandered his time and his master’s trust. The master proceeded to chide and cast out the unfaithful servant.
Part II is coming tomorrow.
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