Being A Faithful Servant
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ (Matthew 25:23)
Father,
You have wonderfully supplied me with spiritual gifts. I did nothing to earn or deserve these gifts. You have given me these gifts out of your abundant generosity. These gifts are intended to be used for your fame and honor. They are not primarily for my own glory, pleasure, or delight. They are not to be used to exalt myself. Rather, you have gifted me so that I might highlight your glory, and so that I might draw attention to you and all your excellencies. My gifts are to be used to show the world how great you truly are. Thank you for the wonderful, undeserved spiritual gifts you have given me.
Lord, I am often tempted to use my gifts for my own glory, honor, and advantage. Forgive me for that selish, sick desire. Forgive me for taking the good thing you have given me, and then perverting its use. Please help me to harness all my gifts and abilities for your glory. Help me orchestrate my gifts to create a symphony of praise to you. I want to spend every ounce of my strength in your service. Guard me against laziness and selishness, which would prevent me from using my gifts to serve you and to serve others. Guard me from pride, which would cause me to use my gifts for my own glory.
*Today please give me opportunities to use my gifts to draw attention to you.*
How astonishing it is that you promise to reward me for my pitiful attempts at serving you! So often my serving is stained with selish ambition. Yet in spite of that, you still promise to reward me. What a generous, patient, gracious, big-‐hearted God you are. Help me to be faithful over whatever tasks you have given me, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Help me to use my gifts diligently, no matter how unimportant the job may seem. When opportunities to serve arise, let me be quick to seize them. Your primary concern is my faithfulness to the divinely appointed task, not the task itself. My job is to be a faithful servant, your job is to make me a fruitful servant. Help me to be a faithful servant.