Honesty

Lily Cathcart September 16, 2022 0 0

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Luke 16: 1-13 (NRSVA)

1 Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2 So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.” 3 Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.” 5 So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, “How much do you owe my master?” 6 He answered, “A hundred jugs of olive oil.” He said to him, “Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.” 7 Then he asked another, “And how much do you owe?” He replied, “A hundred containers of wheat.” He said to him, “Take your bill and make it eighty.” 8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.

10 ‘Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? 13 No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.’

This week we are reading passages in Luke through the eyes of Joanna one of Jesus’s supporters and followers.

JOANNA:

“I hate dishonesty, I can’t help it. In matters of household especially, if you can’t trust the people around you how can you feel safe? Jesus always managed to trust people and see the best in them but it doesn’t mean he didn’t call out lies where he saw them. Sometimes that needed to be done for a person to fully realise what they were becoming. Sometimes though Jesus found creative solutions to untrustworthy folks, I suppose he knew just when people were ready to turn themselves into someone new.

I’m not sure I’m that wise yet, I still don’t trust really people who have been dishonest. But I am here with Jesus to learn everything. Perhaps this will be something I can learn too.”

PRAYER:

Dear God of honesty

Help me to see myself for who I really am

Guide me to become the person I can be

Teach me how you are able to give second chances

Amen