Bible Verse of the Day Monday March 27th, 2023

Matthew 25:23 “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!’

This verse stems from Jesus’ Olivet Discourse, an organized teaching that Jesus gave some of His followers from the Mount of Olives shortly before His crucifixion. This chapter included three parables. The first was the parable of the Ten Virgins, which encouraged readiness and watchfulness. The third was the parable of the Sheep and the Goats, which speaks of dividing the saved and lost before the millennial reign of Christ Jesus on earth. 

 

The second was the parable of the wicked servant on which this writing was based. This parable speaks of the Master punishing one of his slothful and idle servants upon his return, in view that all servants of Christ Jesus must give an account of themselves when they appear before the “Judgment Seat of Christ” (Romans 14:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:10).  

 

Each of the three servants in this parable received a specific number of gold bags; the first received five bags, the second received two, and the third received one. The parable tells us that the Master was gone for a long time. This delay could tempt the servants to think that their Master might never return, and consequently, they would never have to give an account of what they did with what the Master had entrusted them with. Many in the world today mistakenly believe that because so much time had elapsed since Jesus said He was coming back, he might never return. As Christians, we know this to be a lie from Satan to draw people away from God. Unfortunately, there will also be many servants of Christ Jesus that will bury what God has given them and never use it (Matthew 25:18). 

 

The reward was the same for the first two servants that used what the Master had left them, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” Even though one received five bags and the other two bags, they both implemented the same plan corresponding to their possessions and assets. This parable says that the Master was as well pleased with one as the other; both heard, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” 

God rewards us not because of our great aptitude or brilliance but because of our faithfulness to His assigned mission. This parable, from which this verse stems, tells us that our Master, our Lord, and Savior, Christ Jesus, is pleased with us when we dare to use what He has given us to promote His gospel to the ends of the earth. 

 

The world looks at the results of any project we get involved in. If the results are not tangible in a reasonable amount of time, we might see the project as a failure. Jesus is more concerned about the process and how much we grow due to that progress. In the implementation and performance of the mission or will of God for us, God will use us in great and mighty ways to bring the truth to a lost, dark, and dying world. God will also use His faithful servants to encourage and reassure some when they need it the most. If we are faithful in using what God has given us in spreading the gospel to the lost of this world (Acts 1:8), one day we will hear those exact words that the Master in this parable said to his servants, “well done, my good and faithful servant.”