Desirable Delight
“And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes”. (Luke 12:47 NKJV)
A depressive runaway conception of Christ’s doctrine on faithfulness is that the will of God for His servant is a desirable end by itself, rather than the means to a desirable end. Rather than treating God as a dutiful task Master, our heavenly Father delights in His children preparedness to ‘know the Master’s will and the understanding of how to do them’. The major challenge before disobedient servants in our world of several distractions and varied standards is the lack of preparedness in the heart to wait on divine guidance. Anyone with the knowledge of God’s will can stand for the truth in the absence of distractions and oppositions. However, faithful servants are known by their preparation to stand in the face of conflicts of belief, even in the community of believers. Whereas, those whose delight is always in the law of the LORD have the desirable stamina of grace to dutifully do according to God’s will.
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