Living Your Life as a Steward
Just a little bit more.
- Rockefeller
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it…
Psalm 24:1
Das ist Meine!
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’ 21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ 22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ 24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. 28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Matthew 25:19-30
1. We should see ourselves not as owners of what we possess, but rather as stewards, caretakers of what God has entrusted to us.
2. As stewards, we are called to use our resources in such a way that reflects the will and the heart of God.
3. To be a faithful steward for God, means living a life of faith-filled obedience to God.
1. We should see ourselves not as owners of what we possess, but rather as stewards, caretakers of what God has entrusted to us.
2. As stewards, we are called to use our resources in such a way that reflects the will and the heart of God.
3. To be a faithful steward for God, means living a life of faith-filled obedience to God.
How can you honor the Lord today with the resources that he has entrusted to you?