TASK NOT TITLE
Luke 10:29-37

Among the body of Christ today, there are so many that are upholding titles, than to actually be upholding the task of propagating the Kingdom of God. Paying attention to a title, rather than task, is not a new thing. it has always been and it will always be. It is clear in the parable of the Good Samaritan, how a title could not match the task. It is also pointed out how a task is matched with the abundance of a good heart. In the parable, Jesus pointed out how two types of titleholders failed to woefully live up to the title they answered to. In the parable, “…A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.” (Luke 10:30) The first to get to the scene of the man that fell among the thieves was a titleholder of priest. Luke 10:31, “Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.” A priest came by chance, he had the chance to make God shine, but he did not, instead, he passed by. In his passing by, he switched to the other side of the road. Luke 10:32, “Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.” The second titleholder was a Levite. The Bible mentioned that he arrived at the place, and in his arrival, he must have seen all that was on the ground. The Levite did exactly like his fellow titleholder: he passed by the man and switched to the other side of the road while neglecting a task for God’s glory. The least expected happened when a Samaritan, a man form the region of sin, with sin written all over his identity, did not pass on to the other side. Luke 10:33, “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.” Compassion is a characteristic of Jesus. The Samaritan’s identity did not prevail, but the character of Jesus is what he demonstrated. Your character is something that is inhabited in you, and also is the one that the Lord wants to identify you with. There are so many Shepherds that are not available for the sheep except for at the pulpit, once a week. There are so many that have confessed the Word, but the world is what reigns in them. God cannot be deceived, and He will never overlook sin and sinning, neither would He fail to recognize every deed that glorifies His name. The race of life, the journey to the Promised Land is not title, but upholding the tasks on the way to attainment. All the titles will not matter or count at the time of His coming, but the task accomplished for His glory will count.

Prayer for the day: Lord I ask for Your mercy, let me not lose the purpose of my calling for a title that does not count before Your Holy name.