Luke 12:35-59
Dear RTB’ers,
“Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.”(v. 48b) There is two-step expectation here, “given much” and “entrusted much”. If you’ve been given much, yes, much will be required. But being “entrusted with much” is going a step further – much more will be expected of leaders than followers. We can apply these expectations individually and corporately. Individually, we’ve all been given much, both physically and spiritually, and much will be required of us. And many (all?) of us are leaders in our households, our ministries, our regular activities. Here Jesus “demands the more”. What is that “more” that is expected of each of us?
Corporately, I think of our church. We at St. Andrew’s have been given and entrusted with much, with a committed, corporate expectation to “glorify Jesus Christ as a community of disciples on mission”. We are Anglicans, members of ADOTS and ACNA. We’ve all left something behind in order to follow our St. Andrew’s, our ADOTS, and our ACNA leaders. We are each serving those St. Andrew’s, ADOTS, and ACNA visions in our own way and as a body. And we have to ask ourselves if we, individually and corporately, are giving “the more”. Again, what is that “more” that is expected of us? More…?
Blessings!