Enough already

A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .
"Enough" is as good as a feast! Happy and blessed is the man content with little.

UNTIL I COME
"So he (a certain nobleman) called his ten servants and delivered to them ten minas, and said unto them, 'Do business (occupy) till I come.'" [Luke 19. 13]

With this parable, the Lord Messiah Jesus was trying to teach His disciples that they should stay busy using whatever abilities and opportunities they had in the Lord's service until He returned. This practical illustration is also suggested where Paul forewarned Timothy, "No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier." [2 Timothy 2. 4] Paul is cautioning those who would be "good soldiers of Messiah" against becoming involved in the "affairs of the world" if they are really wanting to be pleasing to their COMMANDING OFFICER.

The LORD Christ Jesus says to stay busy with the practical affairs of life until He returns, then Paul affirms not to get involved with such things - - this is no real contradiction IF the motivation is considered. Whatever may be our vocation in life, as led by the Most HOLY ONE, we are to perform joyously and all the other daily responsibilities of life diligently and faithfully for "HIS sake."

However, IF we allow these things to become an end in themselves or use them for any other purposes than for "HIS glory" - we are then becoming tangled up in the affairs of this life, which will vanish. The LORD of GLORY, blessed be He, encourages us to "hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations." [Revelation 2. 25 - 26] Yeshua ha'Mashiach desires that we be diligent in whatever He has called us to do UNTIL HE COMES, for when He comes, we will be judged on our FAITHFULNESS.

"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the LORD comes, Who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from GOD." [1 Corinthians 4. 5] It will be worth it all!

Faithfulness is the Key Gentle reader