GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!

GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!

(Personal Reflection)

 

In the parable of the talents (Mat. 25:14-30), the Master commended the first two (2) servants: “His master replied, ‘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 your master’s happiness!’ … “His master replied, ‘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 your master’s happiness!’ (Mat. 25: 21, 23).

Many people usually think that the Master has commended these servants for working hard to increase the talents that they were entrusted with. This is partly true because in actual fact, the Master does not mention the increase as being the reason for His commendation but rather says “GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT”. He did not commend them for achieving much but for being faithful with few things: “You have been faithful with a few things”.

Faithful servants are those who don’t use crooked or corrupt ways to achieve their goals. They don’t think that “the end justifies the means” and ALL means are good to achieve one’s goal. Faithful servants don’t cheat, blackmail, bribe, corrupt and embezzle. Haven’t you ever seen many people who achieve great things in wrong ways and are never happy?

It is better to have little being faithful than to have more being unfaithful. Many people can be unfaithful but only few people can be faithful. Try to be among the few people that are faithful. If you are faithful with your modest achievement, God even nature will reward you and you will be happy.

 
If you are sincere with yourself, your intuition and the Word of God will tell you if you are faithful in what you are doing (working or studying) or not. If you think there is something that you need to amend, do it before it is too late because only the faithful servants will be rewarded.

Quote from Komi Prosper Begedou

QUOTE

“Refuse to be “OTHERS” but be “YOURSELF”. Be yourself and be happy for who you are and what you have and thrive to achieve better.” (Komi Prosper Begedou)

BE YOURSELF

BE YOURSELF!

I have heard many parents tell their children to be like the neighbor’s child or like a relative’s child. I have understood that in many cases it is difficult for a person to be different from himself/herself and try to be like another person.

We are uniquely made by God and we are given talents and gifts according to each person’s ability. “To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability.” (Mathew 25: 15). You are making a great mistake if you always think that others have more than you have and therefore you hate what you have and you have a low self-esteem about yourself. It is true that you can have mentors but you should not necessarily want to be exactly like them because each person has his/her flaws; a mentor has his too. Be inspired by the achievements of others, but don’t try to be like them. Be yourself!

Trying to be like other people leads to complaints, ungratefulness, envy and jealousy. It leads also to hypocrisy because you would always want to appear who you are not; thus giving a fake representation of yourself. It is not wise to compare yourself with others; be yourself and be happy for who you are and what you have and thrive to achieve better.

I encourage each one of us to acknowledge the fact that each person is unique. Refuse to be “others” but be “YOURSELF”.