Luke 17:7–10

“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? ⁸ Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? ⁹ Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? ¹⁰ So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ” (Luke 17:7–10, NIV)

“This section talks about the expectations we have for our obedience. We are to serve for the Lord without reward for correct behavior. We are to do right because it is right, not for some benefit.”

Thought Questions:

The image of a servant such as this may seem foreign to us, yet what expectations do we have of the people who serve us?

What are some ways you have acted simply because it was the right thing to do, not because it was because you were getting something for it?

Why is it so easy for us to assume we deserve something for simply doing what we ought?