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At first glance, Jesus’ words to his disciples might seem quite harsh. Essentially, he told them that if they just do what he commands, they are “unworthy servants.” So, was he expecting them to slave even harder?
Was he telling them that if they just did a little bit more, they’d be “worthy” servants who merited his pleasure? No. God is never indebted to us. We owe God everything, even our very lives. We were created for him, not he for us.
Jesus’ parable shines a light on the kind of discipleship that he is calling us to, not the amount of work he’s looking for. We can choose to be servants responding to him like slaves, or we can follow him in love and gratitude like friends. Jesus wants to call us his friends (see John 15:15), not his slaves. He wants us to know him as our brother, as the most loyal companion we will ever have.
Have you ever thought about how easily we could work for God and yet never really know…
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