“So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, “We are unprofitable servants. WE have done what was our duty to do.””
“We are unprofitable servants, unworthy slaves, even serving the Lord at the lowest position of service; I’m yet unworthy and unprofitable for such a position. Even after I’ve done all what was command of me—still unworthy. This title will always be attached to me even through eternity. For even if I’ve done all, have I done all with humility? or with joy? or with Christ-like love? Even so, have I done such things with the depth of devotion that Christ deserves? Anything short of Christ likeness is unworthy, for Christ didn’t just do all that He was commanded, but did it in a way that pleased the Father.
Yet our Master knows this “For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.” (Psalm 103:14) He alone knows the extent of our own unworthiness because HE alone knows the extent of the His Son’s worthiness. This should humble me in the greatest extent for I’m just a drop in the bucket compared to the humility and service of Jesus Christ my Lord.
Application: As a result of the juxtaposition between me and Christ, I will always be unprofitable and unworthy. If I truly grasp this, I will be able to be humble in my service and confess to my Master honestly that “I’m an unprofitable servant; I’ve done what was my duty to do.” I will be meditating on the preeminence of Christ and reading about His service through the gospels and be humbled by Him, then strive to be like Him the best I can through God’s grace.
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