We all admire people who can make a bad situation work for them, who can turn lemons into lemonade, who can make stumbling blocks into steppingstones. We admire people that will not let life defeat them no matter what happens. That is the kind of resilience and resourcefulness that Jesus is commending in this parable of the devious servant. These are people who have enough faith in God and themselves to keep trying until they find a way to make their lives work.