ALL THINGS WE HAVE ARE ENTRUSTED TO US BY GOD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 02, 2022.

SUBJECT : ALL THINGS WE HAVE ARE ENTRUSTED TO US BY GOD!

Memory verse: "For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not received? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?" (First Corinthians 4 vs 7.)

READ: Psalm 50 vs 10 - 12; James I vs 17:

Psalm 50:10: For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

50:11: I know all the birds of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

50:12: If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is Mine, and all its fulness.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning.

INTIMATION:

All things are created and owned by God—the whole world and its fullness belongs to Him. We are only managers of those things that are entrusted to our care and management. Even the children born by us are His. The Scripture says, “Behold children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.” (Psalm 127 vs 3.) If then the children are a heritage, it is obvious originally we are not the owners, but rather inherited them from the Owner. 

Ultimately, God is the Owner of all things and has entrusted everything we have to our care and management, and we must give account of them to Him. First of all, God gave you life. Only the living can say I have this or that, or I am this or that. You didn't cause yourself to exist—you were created by Him (Genesis 1 vs 26). And for every single thing God has given you, including your life, you must give account of them; “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14 vs 12). This also includes the idle words you speak; “But I say to you that every idle word that men may speak, they will give account it in the day of judgment” (Matthew 12 vs 36).

You may have been thinking that God didn't give you the money and possessions you have, you have worked for it. You can say, “I earned it.” May be you work from morning till night, or you may be working two jobs, or you have scrimped for years to get a little savings, and so the money you have accumulated seems like the result of your own efforts. I understand that way of thinking, but, in reality, it isn't true.

In the Scripture we read, the apostle James enumerated the giving nature of the Lord; "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." (James 1 vs 17.) Therefore, the source of all we have or received; the money, possessions, good health, talent, wisdom, knowledge and so on, are all gifts from God.

In Deuteronomy 8 vs 17 - 18, the Bible says, “Then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” God not only gave us physical life, but also, He is the source of your possessions, wisdom, talents, and abilities. He is also the reason you were born at this time in history and into the family you are born into. 

So, even though you are working hard at your job, God is still the source of all your success. Without the blessing of God in your life, you wouldn't even have the ability to prosper. In times of plenty, we often take credit for our prosperity and become proud that our own hard work and cleverness have made us rich. But I say to you It is an error; God has given you all things that you have. And it is easy to get so busy collecting and managing wealth that we push God right out of our lives. But it is God who gives us everything we have, and it is God who asks us to manage it for Him.

The Bible tells us that the Lord has made all things for Himself (Proverbs 16 vs 4), and, "For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things” (Romans 11 vs 36). God, in His love Nature, has given to us all things; "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8 vs 12.) God gracefully gave us all things, not that we merited it, but out of His lovingkindness. 

The apostle Paul knew and experienced the giving grace of God that he said, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." (First Corinthians 15 vs 10.) All we have are by the grace of God, and we need to understand that we are stewards of all God has given us, not owners of them. He has entrusted these things to us to manage for Him while we live. And rightfully, we should give account of our stewardship at the end. May the grace for effective and acceptable stewardship rest upon us, in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer: Abba Father, I remain ever grateful to You for all You have entrusted to my care and management as Your steward. I pray that Your grace toward me will not be in vain, and I will rightfully serve You with all You bestowed on me, in Jesus' mighty Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!