"Occupy Until I Come" Trusting Jesus In An Uncertain World

"...and he called his ten servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said to them, 'Occupy till I come.'" {Luke 19:13}

There is so much uncertainty in our world right now. We all know that. And uncertainty can bring so much fear with it that it can seem overwhelming when we dwell on it for any length of time. 

I was really struggling with some of this a few weeks ago, and finally brought it up while Virgil and I were talking over the different things that were happening in our world and the signs of the end times, etc. So many things seem to be pointing towards no freedom for us as Christians, so I asked him a question that had been lurking in the back of my mind for a while. "Think of all the things our children will have to face in their lifetimes. Is it even right to bring more people into a world like this? Is it right to build up a business?"

​His answer brought me more peace than I thought a single sentence could, and I keep coming back to it, every time the fears threaten to come back up. 

He said, "the way I look at it is this, Jesus said 'Occupy till I come' and I think that applies to every area of our life - business, family, and serving God." He had more to say, but that one thought - what peace it brings with it! Jesus has it all under control. We just have to keep serving Him!

That statement is found in Luke 19:13, in the parable of the talents, and I think the whole parable fits the context perfectly.

 "He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Occupy until I come,’ he said.But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’ He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’ ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’

The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’ His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’ ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.'" {Luke 19:12-26}


Jesus wants us to keep right on working until He comes to take us home! Let's allow Jesus to bring peace to our hearts through His word.