Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Master Delays?

But if that evil slave says in his heart, My master delays, and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with the drunken, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know. Matthew 24:48-50

Today morning as I was reading a verse and the ministry portion, I was so convicted by my improper attitude toward the Lord's coming.  The Master delaying and the response of the slave exposed the true color of the unfatihful slave's inward being. I could see myself as this one.  To say in our heart that our Master delays is to love the present evil age and not to love the Lord’s appearing.

[In Matthew 24:48 the slave said], “My master delays.” The slave believed that the Lord was coming again, but he also believed that He was delaying His coming. Anyone who does not believe that the Lord is coming quickly is an evil slave. The reason for the slave’s mistake, according to what the Lord said, is in verse 48. Even though with his mouth he said that the Lord would come quickly, in his heart he still considered that the Lord would delay. This kind of person is in peril. If one does not take the attitude that the Lord will come quickly, he will not be watchful.

Many people do not want the Lord to come quickly. They are afraid that when the Lord comes, He will spoil and terminate their plans. They cannot pray John’s prayer: “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus ” (Rev. 22:20). We must have an attitude and a desire for the Lord to come quickly.…If you think that the Lord will delay, He will come sooner than you expect. ( CWWN, vol. 15, p. 302)

I am glad the Lord touched me in this matter now. I confessed to the Lord for my improper attitude and prayed that the Lord would fill me with His love to love Him in spirit and also to love His physical appearing. Loving the Lord's coming would mean my being preparee to meet Him as in Amos.

Therefore this is what I will do to you, O Israel;  And because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel. Amos 4:12
To have an attitude of not longing for the Lord's coming is to be unfaithful slave. Such unfaithfulness would only result in loving the present evil age and becoming numb in one's spiritual sensation. In this consummation of the age, one has to live with the sensation of the Lord's coming. 

All the other unfaithfulness in beating his fellow slaves and eating and drinking with the drunken are the direct result of assuming that the Master delays. No wonder, there are too many problems among God's own children today on this earth. Beating the fellow slaves, not caring for them with brotherly love, and getting involved in the world with the worldy people resulted in grave degradation. Today's children of God needs the Lord's loving visitation, reviving them, shepherding them, and recovering them into his flock, the church life.

The result of this conviction was, I wanted to shepherd a brother who has been going through a very severe dealing from the Lord and has been suffering, as he described over the phone, with family and financial burden. All that I could do is to pray for him, to pray with him, and to help him even financially as much as the Lord allows. Therefore, I requested for his bank detail to transfer an offering that has been channeled through me. When it was brought to my attention of a brother's need, as much as the Lord allows and provides, I would shepherd him. If I love the Lord, I will also love the Lord's sheep. That was what the Lord told Peter to do if Peter truly loved the Lord, to shepherd His sheep. (John 21:15, 16 ,17)

Lord, I love You! Lord, cause me to love You more day by day.

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