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⁴²The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?⁴³It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. ⁴⁴I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁵But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk.⁴⁶The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷"That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. ⁴⁸But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

Luke 12:42-48

Compromise.

Sometimes its good to compromise- at least in the sense that we understand.

One friend wants to eat a cookie, another wants to drink some milk- so you compromise and dip the cookie in some milk. In any case, compromising is the sure way to go in order to keep things civil and functioning.

But the one thing you can never compromise is your faith. Faith, relationship with Christ, your life once you accept Christ can never be compromised.

The bible describes becoming a Christian in so many ways-

Being Born Again, being transformed, becoming a new creation

in all these things there is a complete renewal, complete change. And with that there can never be any compromising.

The parable before that passage is talking about a Master who is coming to his wedding banquet- the men are supposed to wait until he returns. So Christ explains that we cannot goof off and do whatever we want while we wait for the him to return. He will come like a thief in the night, there is no hour that we know of but only that the hour is near.

The problem many of us face is that we decide that certain things are all right, that God will understand if we screw up here and there.

I can drink and God won't care, I can party all night and come home as if nothing happened. I can talk about others, judge them, gossip and smile at those people tomorrow. I can flirt with this girl or that guy shamelessly- putting myself in situations where my integrity is questioned and my meekness altered. I can lie and cheat. Defile my mind with music, images, and conversations. I can do whatever my flesh wants because I have so much time to fix it- God will forgive me- whatever your reasons might be, whatever your weakness might be

You cannot compromise any longer.

Especially when God puts you into leadership roles-

that doesn't even mean just praise & worship leader, prayer leader, speaker or whatever it might be- you could be someones role model, anything.

But verse 48 says that to whom much is given much will be demanded.

You are called to a higher standard & if you fail to meet that standard you will indeed face judgement.

Jesus said that our thoughts are the most destructive- just by hating a man we commit murder & just by lusting after someone we commit adultery

But haver we even gotten to the point where our thoughts are our biggest worries? If we are still at a point where we act on our thoughts then how far are we from training our minds to not even think about those actions?

First we must train our souls to listen to the spirit rather than to flesh, our minds need to become pure but the more we filter it with junk the more likely our flesh is going to win out.

If God has put you in a position where he expects a lot from you, don't fail him. He's demanding much because he knows you can do it. He has faith in you because he loves you.

God Bless <3>