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Service
“He that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things” (Matthew 25:20-21).
No service done for the Lord will lose its reward. Here, in a story that the Lord told (Matthew 25:14-30), a servant had been given five talents (pieces of money) which he had traded and doubled in value. His reward was to be ruler over many things. We too have been given something from the Lord to use in His service. If we use what He has given in quiet, faithful, service for Him, He will say to us, as in our verse today, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” It will be wonderful to hear His “Well done!” That will mean more than any reward we can get for things we do in this world.
Paul valued the Lord’s approval. “Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him” (2 Corinthians 5:9). Is that what we really desire? Serve — and wait for the Lord’s “Well done!”
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