I.B.S. #31

Luke 17:10

- "So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do."

This week of I.B.S. for me was a little frustrating, only because the verses we have been writing on were followed after the other and they are all teaching the same thing in a sense. While I'm not saying that it is a bad thing, I find it annoying that I can't seem to find a different application for these verses, but then again maybe that's what I really needed to learn this week. As our theme this week is on being a servant, these verses give a picture of that, but along with some other interns, I would agree that there might be other verses that would be better to study this week for the theme of servanthood. As we have finished this story of the master and the servant, we learn to not have a heart that only seeks profit for our service. We need to realize that all of the things what we are asked to do we are supposed to do, and we are not going to be given a pat on the back for the things that we are supposed to do. It was out duty to do so. That being said, it is our duty to die to ourselves and to serve others as Christ would serve them, so even in doing things for others that they didnt ask for we shouldnt expect an "Atta boy!" Because doing things for others that werent commanded of us is our duty.

I'm going to continue to serve meals.