My Father’s business

“And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in? And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren. And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.” In Luke 2: 49 the Lord Jesus Christ is reported as saying “How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” (Most modern versions have my Father’s house in this verse but this is logically inconsistent with the words of John 17: 4 (“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.”) He was always doing His Father’s business. In this case we see this servant going about his master’s business. He had travelled for many days and was tired but, as soon as he arrived, he started to do the task that his master had given him to do. What   was wrong with taking some time to have a rest and to recover from the journey before he started looking for a wife for Isaac? There was nothing wrong with taking a rest but this man was doing his master’s business and didn’t want to waste any time before the business was finished. The business would be finished when he brought the woman back for Isaac to marry and he didn’t want to waste any time at all. In James 2: 14 we read, “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?” and then in verse 17 “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” The Bible doesn’t preach salvation by works but it does tell us that believing in the Lord Jesus Christ should make a difference to our priorities and hence our lives. In Luke 7: 47 the Lord Jesus Christ told his Pharisee host, Simon, “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.” The question each one must ask himself or herself is, “How much have I been forgiven?” If we believe that we have been forgiven much then we will love much and if we love much then “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14: 15)

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