Reflections
November 4, 2011
LUKE 16:9-15
JESUS said to His disciples, “I tell you, make friends for yourselves
with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into
eternal dwellings. The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in
very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you
are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true
wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who
will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. He will
either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the
other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at
Him. And He said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of
others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an
abomination in the sight of God.”
Reflection:
Trustworthy in very small matters... trustworthy in great ones. It is
said that the problem in life is not what we eat but what eats us, not
what we hold but what holds us.
Two good friends of mine started a business, and since they were both
good entrepreneurs, their company soared fast. Soon I heard they parted
ways though they had been the best of friends for years and were
earning well with their business. I met one of them and asked him what
had happened. His reply was simple: “Well, my partner used to hold the
money, Father. Now money is holding him; that is why we parted.”
It is all right to have wealth, as long as wealth does not get the better of us!
What and who are your real treasures in life?
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