Friday November 7, 2025

Luke 16:1-8

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘There was a rich man and he had a steward denounced to him for being wasteful with his property. He called for the man and said, “What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer.” Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed. Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes.”

This is a very interesting parable that Our Lord tells today. In it he seems to be praising the dishonest Servant. I am sure there is much lost to culture and time with this story. However we can still draw a lesson or two.

You need to know what time it is and what season it is in your life and then act with urgency. I believe the dishonest servant is praised because he quickly understands what is about to happen. See when I was younger, I could afford to be foolish about my affairs. But when I look ahead now, there is so much to do in so little time. So today I feel called to hurry up, see the urgency of the times I live in and build those meaningful relationships. Life goes by super fast in the end. Use your remaining time wisely.