Rejecting Affluence
In our parable of the gracious and giving land owner and the manager who finds grace, there are two primary characters. One is the gracious and generous landowner who holds the kingdom. The other is the manager who is found out to be wasting and stealing the resources of the master. The manager is about to be kicked out but instead makes a move that trusts all in the character and honor of the generous gracious master. It puts the good master’s character on display and the scoundrel manager is welcomed back because of the lavish graciousness and generosity of the good master.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
This week your practice is to do an audit on your time and see where you are spending the resource of time. After completing a week of writing down how you spent your time (this should take several notebook pages), share your time audit with a trusted group and talk about what God revealed to you?
What are moments of time that are wasted on a false kingdom?
In what ways is God leading you to make much of Him with those moments or other resources?
Extending the passage: There is a one-line statement in the middle of the chapter that refers to marriage and divorce. In what way is Luke using it as the same message as in this chapter as well as the same message for the last few chapters about the kingdom of God (hint, it is not really about marriage and divorce primarily)?
February 5, 2023 - Scott Cooley