Lord, In Your Mercy
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 21, 2025 8:00 am
Prayer
Meditation
When we come to The Parable of the Shrewd Manager, it takes many of us by surprise because the pieces just don’t seem to fit. It’s difficult for us to understand why The Lord of the Harvest would commend a manager who lied, cheated, schemed, and stole what didn’t belong to him in order to make his life easier after being fired from the job. We find the answer to our questions in light of the mercy of the Master.
Mercy is getting what we don’t deserve. To the manager…mercy. To those whose debts are paid…mercy. To those of us whose debts could never be repaid this side of heaven…mercy. The Master commended the shrewd manager because he used what was available to him to prepare for the days ahead. Likewise, we are to take every opportunity to take what we have been given to prepare for the eternity that awaits us in Christ Jesus.