Chasing after money or worries about life can so easily distract us from doing what really matters, as Jesus tells us in the parable of the sower. Here Jesus urges His disciples to always be ready for service. The servants a wedding would not know exactly when the master would return from a wedding banquet, but had to be ready to jump into action whenever he did and have everything ready. We are always to be ready to serve the King and will not always receive warning. Then Jesus says that He will serve them and have them recline at the table. The relationship between God and His people is truly amazing and does not fit any of our man-made pigeon holes.
The key thing is that we are always ready to serve and we do not know the hour. In Matthew a similar message is given in the context of the return of Christ. Some people are obsessed with all sorts of details about the last days, and some are even stupid enough to predict actual dates. If you want to lose your credibility then a good way to do this is to predict the date of the second coming.
In all of Jesus' teaching on His return the emphasis is on being faithful servants now so we will be ready whenever He returns. In fact Jesus' words here are very direct, even harsh. There is work to be done so we don't have time to engage in idle speculations.
While this is applied to the return of Christ it also has more immediate application. We do not know what Jesus will ask us to do today, or what He might require of us tomorrow. We should constantly be working to prepare ourselves.
The judgement will take account of how much someone knows. If God has revealed stuff to us then we have a greater responsibility.
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