The master
To his servant said—
The master
To his faithful servant,
Like Elijah
To the hungry widow said.1 Kings 17:10-13
And what did
His servant say?
Did he tell his master
That he couldn't,
Because he had to eat first?
Or that he wouldn't,
Because he needed
To renew his strength first?
No,
He didn't.
And yet isn't this
Precisely what
The twelve disciples said
When they,
Who were the servants,
Asked their Master
To be spiritually fed?
Jesus gently pointed out
Whose needs
They should have focused
On instead.
And had we asked
The same today,
This is what
He might have said.
"And which of you,
Having traveled
To your favorite place to eat,
Will say to the waiter
Who waits on your table,
'Come at once,
And sit down to eat!'
But will you not rather say,
'I want some of this,
And I want some of that,
And what is your special today?'
For everyone
Who orders knows,
That faithful waiters
Always serve the needs
Of those,
Who place an order,
First,
Before they stop to eat."Based on Luke 17:7-8
Spiritually speaking,
We, too,
Must do the same.
The same as the widow,