Luke 17:5-10
What is reverence? I stand at a war memorial and look at names chiseled onto a wall. I read name after name of men who gave up their lives for a cause. I imagine an individual night of this war, maybe a top secret operation that was critical to the war. A commander might select his best platoon knowing that they are the right tool for the job. His intelligence shows that opportunity is ripe and this operation will upset the balance of the war and give his army the advantage. He selects his men and sends them. He tells them the task and expects a result. He does not try to explain why or even the precise steps they must take, because he trusts them. He was the one that trained them and he knows that all he has to do is simply give them the objective. They have faith in his command. They know their commander has faith in them. They will succeed.
How did this elite team and this commander get to this place? Through diligence, through, listening, through practice. It would muddle and slow the minds of the strike force to know and carry the burden of the entire war strategy. What they need is wholehearted focus. Focus on one objective. Objectives that grow in size and responsibility as their capabilities grow.
We are the same as Jesus disciples. How can we grow our faith, they asked Jesus. It starts at boot camp. We begin by trusting Him with little things like "I'm not sure how I'm going to pay this bill". Soon we move on to asking ourselves what He wants us to do with this bit of extra money we have. Before we know it He is asking us to randomly stop by someone's house with a specific kingdom building objective . It might be at this point that we realize that the war we truly are in and we come to wholehearted faith that our commander truly is in control. He speaks truth, and He is good. Reverence is knowing that we are indeed an elite strike force in God's kingdom, but it is God that wields it.
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