Kerr Avonsen (she/her)Luke 12
More teaching. With emphasis on "don't worry about the body, worry about the soul." And more digs at the Pharisees.
The parable of the unfaithful servant... look, evildoing is extremely dumb. It can only ever benefit someone in the short-term. Even if his master had not returned that very day, why on earth would the unfaithful steward think he could get away with it? Did he think that his fellow servants would not tell on him? Did he think that his master wouldn't notice that the best wine was missing? It's like the story of the unfaithful tenants who killed the owner's son - why the heck did they think they could get away with it? It isn't just that they don't know *when* the master will return; they are behaving as if they believe that he will never ever return. That's delusional.
To whom much has been given, much will be demanded. Another dig at the Pharisees and/or the Jews, who have had the benefit of God's attention for centuries. But from our perspective, a warning also for those who have been brought up as Christians, to whom, therefore, much has been given. It behooves us to be faithful servants.
With the parable of the rich man, it occurs to me, that if one has been given abundance, more than one knows what to do with, that "build bigger barns" is rarely if ever the right answer, not just because one might die tomorrow, but because that is the response of a miser. If you don't know what to do with it, give it away!
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