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“The End” Can Become your new beginning.
In the Gospel of Luke, 7:1-9,, we have the profound account of the
healing of the servant of the Centurion. Jesus was in Capernaum town. The centurion got the news of this and sent the elders of the Jewish
community, with an appeal to go and heal his dying dear servant. The Lord talked to me about this “servant”. The
title given to the servant is “a dear servant”. “And it is this dearness” that brought him healing
from Jesus. All of us are not “vessels of Honor” in life some times. We may have a very humble
job or position in society. Becoming “Vessels of Dishonor” is very difficult. 1. One must
believe that it is God who placed us where we are and one should be content of what he now has and should earn a good reputation
and testimony. Enjoying the job and doing it in such a way that attracts the attention of the master, is a special virtue.
Being honest and faithful are the keys to earn these merits. 2. This servant was a hard worker, that he gave us all to his work. And this may
some times demand going the extra 2nd mile. He worked so hard that he lost the power and ended up loosing his immune
system to resist sickness but made no compliant. These days’ servants want to work less and earn
more. 3. It is good to have dreams, visions and ambitions to get salary hikes and promotions. But to learn
to be a faithful and dear servant and then to become a manager and finally to become co-partner is the way of God’s
promotion. 4. And this servant counted it a blessing and a reward to die in the master’s house. No medical
leaves and long absence from his work. 5. It is not how the work relates to us, but it is how we relate to the work. And no doubt, that this servant was so dear
to the master. He was the one who polished the shoes, belts and the breast plats. He was the one who made the uniforms to
look good. He was the one who did all that the master commanded him to do. ”. (vs-8) ….”I say to one, Go,
and he goeth; and to another Come! And he cometh; and to my servant do this, and he doeth it” as a Roman military
officer he was always commanding! And it would not have been very easy to serve a master like him. But he made no complaints.
Remember! Jesus was not
going from one door to another in Capernaum town, Declaring, Hi! Is there any one that I can heal”. No! Healing and miracles does not come that
way. We are still sick and die and face fatalities in life. And all these tragedies have their own reasons. But Jesus heals some who
come to Him in faith, confessing His authority and compassion to heal. And Jesus heals the believing. Do we believe in Miracles?
Do we believe in Divine Healing? Do we believe that your darkness can be changed into sun shine? Do we believe that our failures
can become the stepping stone for Victory? Do we believe that God always closes a door, only after opening a new door? When this appeal for healing
of this servant came, Jesus Knew in His Spirit that both the Master and the servant needed help and they are worthy for it. Shall we call this a virtue? Jesus also took
the form of a servant and so he can understand human sufferings well. In Heb. 2:15-17, we read, “And deliver them
who through fear death were all their life time subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham.Wherefore, in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren,
that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in all things pertaining to God….” Why is Jesus Different?
It is simply because, he took the form of a man just like me and you. And in Heb. 5:7-8, we read: Who in the days of His flesh, when he had
offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save him from death, and was heard
in that he feared,Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. Jesus was human too, to see, perceive and to understand the pains, hardships and the sacrifices we make. And some
day these virtues will bring such a reward, that history has never seen before. Death is not the end but it is the new beginning
to a new life. In Rev. 2: 18 Jesus
said, “ I am he that liveth, and was dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and
death”. In Luke, 15 we read, how
the prodigal learned that the servants in His father’s house, were well fed and looked after. It is this “Servant
leadership” that Jesus wants in us too. And if we are faithful in the least, then the MASTER will
entrust us with greater things. And if we can not comprehend what is earthly, then how will He entrust us with the heavenly?
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