This week I want to look at a parable that the Savior used to teach during his ministry that displayed what is expected of us in relation to the blessings we receive. This is meant to get you thinking, so study them yourself and see what you get out of them too. If you find some things that you really like, please leave them in a comment so we can all benefit from your study!
Luke 16: 1-12: In the parable of the unjust steward, the man unwisely used all that he had been given stewardship over. When the lord of the house comes and asks for an accounting of what he had been given, the man is ashamed because he didn't deal wisely with what he was given. We will have a similar experience when we stand before God. He will ask us how we sued the gifts and talents that we were given while on earth and hopefully we can tell him that we used what we were given to further his work.
This principle is something that I try to keep in mind all the time, wondering why it is that I have been blessed with so much and what God expects me do with it. As I experience more professional success and increase my income, I will be continually expected to use those resources to bless the lives of those in need. I have a hard time imagining Jesus Christ, if he had a large worldly fortune, buying a large home, nice cars, and a private jet. He would likely appear like any other person on the street, having given all but what he needed to live, away. I think that would feel really good and would make for a very happy conversation with God at the judgment bar when he asks what I did with what I was given stewardship over. I would be able to tell him that I tried to do exactly what he would have done in the situation.
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