Good and faithful servant

Good and faithful servant

In the parable of the talents we all get a chance to analyze the type of servants we have been to the Lord. Either we are good and faithful, or lazy servants. 

There’s no doubt that our attitude toward God, in relation to what He wants us to do, will define who we are. In the parable of the talents, the Lord Jesus gave the same command for each of them, independent of the amount of talents each one had received, they all should have done what the Lord expected from them. 

The first and second servants were considered good and faithful servants, why? What did they do to be called good and faithful servants? What’s the definition of a good servant? A good servant is the one who always puts all his strength, dedication, and love in everything his does. Despite the distance, weather, or anything else, he obeys.  This person always pushes his or herself to be the best in all he or she does. Better spouse, better child, etc.  The greatest mistake is when your will is put over God’s will. This has happened to many who had great potential and talents to be used by God, but they rather use it for themselves.

The faithful servant is the one who wants the will of God to be done above all things, no matter what, he understand that he was chosen, called, and anointed by the Holy Spirit specifically to serve God, and not himself. This unfortunately, has been the mistake of many servants of God.  In the beginning they presented themselves as those who were ready to serve God in any circumstance, but as time went by they started to change. They put their faith aside and began to be controlled by their feelings and emotions. They stop to be focused on the will of God, to focus on their own will, they lost the vision of winning souls. They grew cold in their faith and today there’s no pleasure in doing they will of God. Many of them are in the work of God, but just doing only what pleases them. In other words, they have already buried their talent.

A good and faithful servant doesn’t have time to think about himself, his intention is to put and keep they will of God in the first place of his life. For this reason the Lord Jesus knows that He can count on him for whatever He needs. As He touch the disciples saying, “ let your will be done"

To multiply the talents was not a hard task for the two first disciples because they were aware of their responsibility with what God had entrusted in their hands. They never focused on their own desires, but God’s.

The good and faithful servants are those who can openly stand before the Lord Jesus to cry out for justice. They enjoy whatever God has promises. They are those who do not supposed to live a life of shame and pains due to their sincerity and loyalty and faithfulness to God.

Bishop Carlos da Costa