9.4.22 - The Servant Parables: Being Ever-Watchful... and Ever-Restful?! (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Luke 12:22-48 & John 20:19-23


“Perhaps we experience this tension, between what we’ve been called to do and what we can do, specifically because our limitations help us to actually accept what God is trying to give us. Don’t turn away from God’s grace, either because you’re ashamed of the ways you’ve missed the mark… or because you are still trying to earn it. Instead, consider: what if God really does love you? What if He really does want to serve you? What if you really are being invited to join Him in the good work He has promised to do?”



REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  1. Let’s talk about workplace culture! How does the pressure of “supervision” affect the kind of work you do? How does it affect the way you do it? Do you ever feel a pressure to “perform”?

  2. Now, connect that to your expectations for God: have you ever felt pressure to “be a good Christian”? Did that pressure come from God, or from another source? 

  3. What would it look like to steadily pursue your relationship with God? How is this different from performing that relationship?

  4. What would it look like to steadily pursue your neighbors? How is this different from performing compassion and service?

  5. Do you feel the tension between Luke 12:35-46 and Luke 12:22-31? How might you resolve that tension?

  6. Look at Jesus’s grace towards his disciples in Mark 14:32-42 and John 20:19-23. How is this different from the behavior of the Master in the parable? What can we learn from this difference?

  7. How might the gift of grace help us resolve the tension between the command to be ever watchful and the command to rest, as the birds and flowers rest, in the love and provision of God?

  8. What challenges can you take away from this message this week? 

Kenny Camacho