So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.' Luke 17:10
Most of us feel the need to be praised and rewarded for every good thing we do. The praise makes us feel we are earning a good relationship with the one we serve. The true Master slave relationship is not like that. We serve as slaves without rights, and without praise to serve the one who sustains us. With God, our good works is not to attain His favor, but His favor motivates us to good works. With God, our good works are not to be saved, but because we are already saved.
Anything we accomplish, we ought to have accomplished. May this thought strengthen our faith when nobody says "thank you."
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