The Parable of the Box of Clothes

  
  The Kingdom of God is like unto a master who sent a large box of clothes to his head servants.

    The two servants looked through the box and said, “Our Master has great love for us and is a great master. Surely what he wants is for us to be comfortably dressed; he has given us these clothes so that we may honor him and be as happy as he wants us to be.”
    As time passed the two servants would go to the box – which never seemed to empty – and put on the clothes they found. In winter they had warm coats and hats and shoes; in summer, shorts and sandals. The rest of the servants always wore their same work clothes, no matter the season. Many  of the clothes in the box did not really fit the two head servants, but they would wear them anyway, satisfied they were being obedient to their Master.
    One day the Master appeared at the servants’ quarters and received a warm welcome from the head servants who showered him with thanks for giving them the fine clothes. Angrily the Master took the box from them, carried it into the field and distributed the contents to the rest of the servants.
    He turned to the head servants and said: “No longer are you fit to be my helpers. I appointed you caretakers of all that I have and gave you fine fits so that you might be the ones to distribute them to my other servants. Instead you have chosen to wear and use the gifts for yourselves. No longer are you my chosen ones; depart from me and my land."



(From: Putting Amos Together by Carl W. Simpson)

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