[S] Matthew 18:26 --
26 So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.'
[O] Doing the math of how much this slave owed his master, the amount comes out to be around 150,000 years of wage, or an amount which is impossible to pay back. However, this slave's plea implies that he will repay everything. One could say this was just a way of expressing his desire to be pardoned but seeing his actions afterwards toward someone who owes him 3 months' wage I am inclined to think that he really was trying to pay back everything (by collecting all the money he can). Innocent ignorance perhaps, but it nevertheless dictated how he lived out his life by pretty much seeing everyone as owing him money.
[A] Even though God has blessed me with much resources, I must first realize God's grace for me is way greater than my abilities and unless I tap into His wonderful provision, there is just no way for me to live out my life according to His pleasure because I will be so pre-occupied with trying to pay Him back.
[P] Dear Father, may I calibrate my understanding of receiving the infinitely large amount of Your grace for my life and may I live out my life for You by being free from trying to pay You back. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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