The Apathetic Servant

Have your ever received a task or assignment and you really did not want to even deal with it.  I received an assignment in Beaumont and, well I really did not want to go on this assignment.  It would take extra time and expense due to the distance to inspect the location.  But, I went ahead and set off for the inspection. 

In the story of the lost contact lens, an Ant was carrying a contact lens along saying “Lord, I don’t why you have me carrying this lens but if you want me to I will”.  In that story, a lady found her lost lens on a hiking trail because she discovered it moving across the ground.  Little did the ant know that what seemed like a burden for him was a blessing to someone else.  Today I was the ant.  Only the ant was smarter because he realized that he was working for the Lord.  Even though he did not realize why what he was doing was important, he was obedient.

During my conversation with Ms. Parker of Beaumont, we learned of each other’s Christian faith.  She told me about reading Job multiple times as she was attempting to learn truth from that particular book of the Bible.  As she was explaining some of the things that she is learning from her studies; I asked if she had a study Bible.  She said that she did.  It was an older Bible in the NAS version.  I went to my truck and returned with a John MacArthur study Bible in the ESV version.  I asked if I could give that to her.  She was quite surprised.  She said that GOD has used me to answer her prayers.  I asked what her prayers were about.  She said that she had prayed for additional resources to study the book of Job.  She began to cry and said that the Lord had answered her prayers.  I confessed to her that she was the only inspection that I had there today.  I felt too guilty to say that I did not want to go initially.  She said that she was thankful that I was obedient in sharing God’s word.  Later, I was thinking “next time, I hope that I will be as smart as the ant and trust in God’s leading”

Colossians 3:23-24

 ²³ Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.