God will multiply his grace

‘To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.’

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These words of Our Lord seem to go against our present ideas of basic fairness. ‘to the one who has, more will be given.’ ‘the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.’ Such expressions by Christ recall the parable of the talents; the men who used the talents they were given, and produced more with them, were rewarded well. The one who just kept his safe, had it taken from him because the Master was displeased.

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When we work for the Lord, building his kingdom wherever we are – when we act on grace that he gives us, opportunities to be courageous, generous, kind, faithful – then the Lord gives us more. There is an expression in the business world which is true: ‘If you want the job done, give it to a busy man.’ In other words, if you have an important thing you need done, look for the person who is already doing a lot – that person is industrious, hardworking, motivated – even though they are loaded with more, they will somehow make it happen. If you give the job to the man who has lots of time on his hands, this might seem logical, but the job might not get done, because that man may not be so industrious.

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God is sort of this way. When we cooperate with grace, we almost certainly are given more grace; when we show ourselves faithful in little things, we are given great things. If a person steps up to the plate for God, and does difficult things for him, the Lord will give him more to do – in this way, he builds a person into a saint.