PARABLE ABOUT HUMILITY

My Dear Precious Child,
   Jesus told a parable about the attitude of humility in service to others.  He told about you and a servant working together in tending sheep or plowing a field.  He asked if you would say to the servant to come and eat with you or if you would ask the servant to fix the meal, since it was his or her regular duty to do that.  He said that it would be more fitting to tell the servant to get the meal ready and wait on you while you eat and drink, telling the servant that he or she can eat and drink afterward. (Luke 17:7-10)  It's a matter of learning humility.
   The emphasis in this parable is on the fact that a servant does what he or she is told to do and expects no overwhelming praise because the servant knows that he was hired to do specific things and is paid to do those very things. 
   Jesus said it's the same thing for His disciples, when they have done all they are told to do, that humility in the servant is to expect no words of praise because they are doing what they are called to do.  A good attitude of servants is to realize that they are called to serve, called to do certain things.  They should not expect overwhelming praise because they have done their duties, done what they are called to do.
   Humility is called forth in this parable for My children who are called to serve love, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, mercy and patience to others.  All of the keys to My kingdom of heaven as found in the parables of Jesus should be considered by you to be your duty as a child of My kingdom of heaven.  A wise king's children must work and be productive, like all of the servants.  They do not expect to be praised more or given more attention than the employed servants who are hired to work. (Matthew 5:5)
    It's with an attitude of humility that My children must expect to receive their blessings from becoming my child, without craving attention or praise for merely doing what I tell you to do in order to escape the evil that's in the world.  The benefit for you is that you will be out from under curses and begin to walk in blessings.  Obeying My beneficial instructions is for your good, because doing them causes you to escape from the evil that's in the world.  There is no need for you to be praised for taking My advice and escaping the curses that come from the devil.  When you are rewarded with blessings, it's because you have sown good seeds of My kingdom and those seeds will reward you with good plants which bless your life.  A job well done has its rewards without the worker expecting praise.
    A child of mine who serves My kingdom blessings to others and who feels that he or she must be praised and appreciated for doing what I tell the person to do is craving praise, having his or her eyes turned inwardly instead of outwardly.  He or she is not satisfied that being a child of My kingdom of heaven affords him or her a multitude of blessings.  He or she wants all of the praise from the person in authority and other people for doing what is required of them.   
   The learned from this parable needs to be from you and aimed at Me for helping you to avoid curses, problems, sins, iniquities, destruction and transgressions, all of which cause you to fall for the invisible traps set for you by the devil.  When you have obeyed one of My admonitions and see that you have escaped destruction in some way, it's incumbent upon you to thank Me for helping you to avoid pitfalls which would bring consequences into your life.  It's not incumbent upon Me to praise you for doing what I, as your Father, instruct you to do.
   The Jews of My old covenant were called to a duty, one of keeping themselves unspotted by evil and teaching others to be unspotted by evil by obeying religious laws.  There was nothing in our covenant that said that I must praise them or you must praise them for obeying religious laws and remaining clean.  There are many revealed words from Me about every way to avoid the devil and his works.  It's for the good of My children that they choose to obey My words.  In doing so, they avoid destruction and death.
   A grateful child is filled with gratitude for his parent for helping him to succeed in life, being appreciative of his parents' tutoring and guidance. The scribes, Pharisees and Sadducees thrived on the praise of their subordinates.  And it was the praises of those subordinates that caused pride and arrogance to enter into the religious and political leaders, causing them to feel above others instead servants of the religious laws. (Proverbs 29:23)
   It is for this reason that I told My children not to call any man "father" except your Father who is in heaven.  People elevating someone above others causes the praised person to elevate himself or herself above others in his or her own mind, inviting pride and arrogance from the devil to rule the person's ego.  (Matthew 23:9)     
   Humility is what is required of My children rather than having a hunger and thirst for praise.  Humility comes from a grateful heart. (Matthew 6:3-4) Pride and arrogance come from hell in order to enslave everyone. (Proverbs 29:23;
    Your Father of Loving Encouragement