“wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?”
Luke 19:23 KJV
Jesus gave the parable of the king giving mina to his servants. The other servant’s profited from their mina but one slothful servant returned his unused mina giving the excuse that he was afraid of the king’s expectation of him. So the king asked the slothful servant why had he not put the mina in the bank so at the king’s return it would have gained some interest. The mina in the story represents the prophetic Word. The ones who engage the Word discover their own worth and identity in the revealed Christ. For others, like the slothful servant, their perception of a rigorous, cruel God completely neutralises them from recognising Jesus as the Christ! The least they could do is to ‘bank’ the Word! This would keep the promise alive for them in a positive environment where interest is accumulated! Let’s be those who engage with the Word and see the revealed Christ by meditating on it day and night and do what it says, so that we’re profitable in mirroring the Word to others as they see the revealed Christ in and through us! Amen!
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