#MorningDevotion Going the Extra Mile Two sons work for their father on the familys farm. The younger brother had for some years been given more responsibility and reward, and one day the older brother asks his father to explain why. The father says, First, go to the Kellys farm and see if they have any geese for sale - we need to add to our stock. The brother soon returns with the answer, Yes they have five geese they can sell to us. That father then says, Good, please ask them the price.The son returns with the answer, The geese are $10 each. The father says, Good, now ask if they can deliver the geese tomorrow. And duly the son returns with the answer, Yes, they can deliver the geese them tomorrow. The father asks the older brother to wait and listen, and then calls to the younger brother in a nearby field, Go to the Davidsons Farm and see if they have any geese for sale - we need to add to our stock. The younger brother soon returns with the answer, Yes, they have five geese for $10 each, or ten geese for $8 each; and they can deliver them tomorrow - I asked them to deliver the five unless they heard otherwise from us in the next hour. And I agreed that if we want the extra five geese we could buy them at $6 each. The father turned to the older son, who nodded his head in appreciation - he now realised why his brother was given more responsibility and reward. I read that story and I immediately thought of the story of Rebecca in Genesis 24:17-19 The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.” “Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink.” Do you go the extra mile or do you just get by with the bare minimum? This one thing I have realized, many people want to be blessed yet they are not willing to put in the work and take the initiative to go the extra mile. All that Abraham’s servant requested of Rebecca was a drink of water for himself, but Rebecca went the extra mile and offered to water his camels also. This was no small task and Abrahams servant stood by to watch if this young lady had offered more than he could deliver. Surprisingly Rebecca followed through on what she had offered. Because of her generosity and kindness she ends up in the genealogy of the messiah. Are you the kind of person who is content with doing just the bare minimum? If you are, most likely you are always complaining when others are favoured because of the initiative they take. Do you have any responsibilities today? Be like the younger son, think it through and go the extra mile.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 03:17:43 +0000
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