Luke 12:39–46
Jesus said to the people, “But know this:
if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would
not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of
Man is coming at an unexpected hour.” Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his
master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food
at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work
when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his
possessions. But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in
coming’, and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat
and drink and get drunk, the master of that slave will come on a day when he
does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in
pieces, and put him with the unfaithful.”
Reflection
• How
do I aware that authority and power can be abused?
• May I be just in all my
dealings and never disrespectful?