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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnell, a vicar in the Church of England. Imagine someone's first day in a new job
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They're handed a laptop, given access to the company's systems and sent an email explaining their role
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But instead of doing the job, they take the laptop and spend their days playing computer games and watching YouTube
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Now, when they're found out, it'll do them no good to say, but it's my laptop, you gave it to me, I can use it however I like
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No, it was loaned to them for a specific purpose. In one of Jesus' stories, a master entrusts his servants with bags of gold
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He goes away for a long time and when he returns, he asks for what they've done with them
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Two of them have put the money to work and doubled what they were entrusted with
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And to them, the master says, well done, good and faithful servant
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It's a story about our purpose, that we're not owners of our lives, but stewards of them
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That all we have, our money, our energy, our time and talents, is on loan from the God who made us
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One of the things I love about being a Christian is the clarity it gives me about why I'm here
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my purpose, not to drift, not to be idle, not to merely please myself
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but to serve and seek to please the one who gave me everything I have
