The Faithful and Wise Servant
Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that wicked slave says to himself, 'My master is delayed,' and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:45-51
The disciples had just asked about the sign of his coming. Jesus answered their question about timing with a parable about behavior in the meantime.
Both servants believe the master is coming. The difference is what the delay reveals. In one it produces steady faithfulness, feeding the household on schedule. In the other, the whispered thought my lord delayeth becomes a license for cruelty and indulgence.
Live so that any moment of his arrival would find you mid-kindness. The delay is not absence. It is the test.