DIVINE
COMMENDATION
Memorise:
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast
been faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter
thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:21
Read:
Matthew 25:15-21, Bible in one year: 2nd Kings 8:16-9:37, Luke
9:7-27
You are blessed when a great man commends
you for executing an assignment well. Very much more, when God commends you for
a job well-done, you are exceedingly and greatly blessed. Commendation is the
direct opposite of condemnation. May you not be condemned in this world and in
the world to come in Jesus’ Name. The wealthy man in our Bible reading
commended the servant with five talents who gained five more talents. He also
commended the servant with two talents who gained another two talents. However,
the one with one talent went and hid his talent in the ground, because he felt
he was not given his due to trade with. On the day of reckoning, he was
condemned.
Our Lord Jesus Christ promised that He
would commend those on His right hand side on the day of reckoning. In Matthew
25:34 He said:
“Then
shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;”
What do we do to obtain this divine
commendation? One of the things we can do is to show the compassion of Jesus to
the needy: feed the poor, clothe the naked and house the homeless (Matthew
25:35-36). Another channel for receiving divine commendation is exercising
uncommon faith. A centurion, whose servant was sick, demonstrated uncommon
faith in the power in God’s Word, and he received divine commendation for this
in Matthew 8:10:
“When
Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily, verily I
say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.”
God celebrates people who exercise faith
in Him. This is the reason why the Bible says it is impossible to please God
without faith (Hebrews 11:6).
Those who endure to the end in the
Christian race will also receive divine commendation. In Revelation 2:26, our
Lord Jesus promised that:
“And
he that overcometh, and keepth my works unto the end, to him will I give power
over the nations.”
We should believe the promises of our
Lord and work towards receiving His commendations.
Action
Point
Think
on what to do here on earth, so that you will be commended in Heaven.
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