Much Given! Much Required!

For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required;

and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 12:48

Been thinking about this scripture all day and I certainly feel like I am the person that Jesus is talking about here.  I have been blessed with so much, I have been given things that I don’t deserve, and I feel like my life is overflowing! So am I fulfilling my requirement? Of course not!  Am I doing the best I can for Jesus? Of course not!  Now, don’t get me wrong, I love the Lord and I have moments when I feel like I am doing exactly what he wants me to do and it is in those moments that everything feels perfectly right.  In those moments I just feel right, but there are plenty other times when I am not.  It’s not even like I am doing something wrong, I am just usually being a little selfish and giving in to my flesh and doing what I want to do.  Now I know that I will never be perfect and live every moment perfectly for the Lord, but shouldn’t I be striving to anyway?  Should I ever be completely satisfied with how I am living or should I always be trying to do more, to do better?  Well this is how I look at it, I can never do as much for God as he has done for me, but I should always want to try.  So will I ever be completely satisfied with how I am living---I hope not!

Don’t get me wrong I am not down on myself; I am just inspired to do more!  For example, I know God has called me to write---not for everyone to read, but for me to draw closer to him.  As you know when I first started writing it was and continues to be like therapy to me---it is a time that I feel closer to God, that I hear His voice.  The fact that others get something from it as well is just another blessing from God.  However, lately I have not been writing and I can tell a difference in my life.  Oh, I have had plenty of excuses, but none of them really matter---the bottom line is I am not doing what God has called me to do and I know without a doubt that I am missing things in my life because of my selfishness.  I am not spending this time with God, I am not getting the message out, and I am missing all the blessings that come along with doing God’s will.  Which leads me back to the scripture in Luke---“to whom much is given”---that’s me---“much will be required”---and that’s me too!  So even though I am not doing all that God has called me to do, He loves me so much that He continues to bless me abundantly above anything that I could ever ask for!  Why would I not desire to do more for my Lord!