Saturday, November 17, 2018

Trustworthy of Our Gifts

10“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? (Luke 16)

Thoughts: If you have not been trustworthy with worldly wealth- what about true riches?  In some ways how we handle our stuff and money is training for how we will handle the true and eternally valuable gifts of God.  So in some ways our financial gifts are tools to allow us to see ourselves as stewards.  Money is a concrete way to see stewardship- but we are also stewards of our time- it is a gift; of our talents and abilities- they are gifts too.  God gives us all the property we have.  It is true that we did not make anything.  But more than that, God is the provider and it is a test to see what we will do with His provisions.  Our calling by God is to be trustworthy of the gifts He gives us.  

Prayer: Lord, Help me to be a good steward of the gifts you give.  let me be trustworthy of your gracious gifts to me. 

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