Occupy

Everyday I read the newspaper and read the news online. I always go to foxnews.com and cnn.com. Something I read today on the CNN website got me thinking, which if you know me, this can be a very dangerous thing! Anyway, I posted the beginning of the article;

(CNN) -- The linguists have spoken and they have decided -- "Occupy" is 2011's word of the year.


First of all I did not know there was a word of the year and second who are these linguists.

Occupy, unless you have been living on some remote island, this is all we have heard about. Occupy New York, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Oregon, etc. We even had a mini Occupy here in my home town, not sure how many "occupied". It was a small number but enough to make our local paper.

So I was thinking about the word occupy and Jesus' words came to mind in Luke.

Luke 19:12-13 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. (KJV)

Jesus spoke in parables to bring great spiritual truths to His followers. In this parable Jesus is the nobleman and his servants are His followers. Occupy in the original Greek language means, do business until I come. We are to serve faithfully until Jesus returns, we are to bear fruit, we are to use the money he entrusted to us wisely. Jesus wants to see a return on His investment.

So I ask you, will you "Occupy" until Jesus comes or will you "Occupy" and as one of the definitions in Webster's dictionary states, to take up space. Do we really want to take up space?

Just sayin...