Daily Bread 2011 - Luke 16
Daily Bread 2011 – Friday, March 25th, 2011 Luke 16
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. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?
What Does This Mean?
The above passage is part of a parable on stewardship, where a shrewd manager is called into account for not managing his master’s accounts very well. He is called into account and it looks like he is going to be laid off. But instead of stewing in a “pity party” he decides to take things into his account and see how much he can get out of his delinquent accounts. When he brings in the tally to the owner, he is praised for his shrewdness.
The punch-line is the people of the world are often better managers at handling the things of the world than believers are with things of God. The idea in the passage above is if you can’t manage things from an earthly perspective than how can you be given charge over greater matters of the heart.
What Does This Mean For Us?
We often see that Christians mismanage their money as good as anybody. Then, when it comes to tithing (the biblical principle for giving) there is nothing left after the creditors. God never wants us to be in bondage to anything, including money. As we are faithful in small things, like material goods, God sees fit to trust us with true riches.
Managing money well both from an individual stewardship issue, as well as from the Church standpoint is an important principle. As we are faithful, in response to God’s faithfulness to us to give us His everything including His only Son, God will open up the storehouse of blessing in our lives and enrich us in every way. After all you cannot “out-give God!”
There is a lot of great money management programs out there from a Christian perspective, including Dave Ramsay, who can heard on the radio offering sound financial management principles. Larry Burkett and Ron Blue have also written great books on financial planning and management from a Christian perspective.
Heavenly Father we thank you for the resources you have entrusted to us, including the indescribable gift of Your Son. God help us to be wise and shrewd managers of all you have entrusted to us! Amen.
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. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?
What Does This Mean?
The above passage is part of a parable on stewardship, where a shrewd manager is called into account for not managing his master’s accounts very well. He is called into account and it looks like he is going to be laid off. But instead of stewing in a “pity party” he decides to take things into his account and see how much he can get out of his delinquent accounts. When he brings in the tally to the owner, he is praised for his shrewdness.
The punch-line is the people of the world are often better managers at handling the things of the world than believers are with things of God. The idea in the passage above is if you can’t manage things from an earthly perspective than how can you be given charge over greater matters of the heart.
What Does This Mean For Us?
We often see that Christians mismanage their money as good as anybody. Then, when it comes to tithing (the biblical principle for giving) there is nothing left after the creditors. God never wants us to be in bondage to anything, including money. As we are faithful in small things, like material goods, God sees fit to trust us with true riches.
Managing money well both from an individual stewardship issue, as well as from the Church standpoint is an important principle. As we are faithful, in response to God’s faithfulness to us to give us His everything including His only Son, God will open up the storehouse of blessing in our lives and enrich us in every way. After all you cannot “out-give God!”
There is a lot of great money management programs out there from a Christian perspective, including Dave Ramsay, who can heard on the radio offering sound financial management principles. Larry Burkett and Ron Blue have also written great books on financial planning and management from a Christian perspective.
Heavenly Father we thank you for the resources you have entrusted to us, including the indescribable gift of Your Son. God help us to be wise and shrewd managers of all you have entrusted to us! Amen.
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