When I’m standing face to face with Jesus, I want to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
I often wonder what it will be like when I’m standing face to face with Jesus. What will I say? Even more importantly, what will Jesus say to me? After reading over the Parable of the Talents found in Matthew 25:14-30, perhaps like me you want to hear him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” (Matt. 25:21 NIV)
The Parable of the Talents is about a man who was going on a journey. While he was away, he entrusted his property to his servants. To one he gave five talents, to another he gave two talents, and to the third he gave one talent. When he returned, he found that the servant whom he had entrusted with the five talents immediately put the money to work for him and gained him five more talents. The one he gave the two talents to had earned him two more talents. But the servant he gave the one talent to went away and hid his talent in the ground.
In return for their hard work, the first two servants were rewarded with the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share in your master’s happiness!” (Matt. 25:23 NIV)
Instead the other servant who hid the one talent in the ground until his master returned heard these words, “You wicked, lazy servant! …You should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.” (Matt. 25:26-27 NIV)
Each of us has been entrusted us with the incredible honor, as well as responsibility, of making disciples of all nations. But first we must be willing to do our part if we want to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” (Matt. 25:21 NIV)
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