TOPIC: PROFITABLE STEWARDSHIP
MEMORISE: Matthew 25:21
“His lord said unto
him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a
few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of
thy lord.”
READ: Matthew 25:13-34 (KJV)
13. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
14. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country,
who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another
one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his
journey.
16. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the
same, and made them other five talents.
17. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid
his lord’s money.
19. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth
with them.
20. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have
gained beside them five talents more.
21. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside
them.
23. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things;
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24. Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew
thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering
where thou hast not strawed;
25. And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth; lo, there
thou hast that is thine.
26. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have
not strawed;
27. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and
then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten
talents.
29. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he
hath.
30. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory;
32. And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats;
33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left.
34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 18:9-19:37, Psalm 46, 80,
135
MESSAGE:
“Thou shalt not defraud
thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide
with thee all night until the morning.” – Leviticus 19:13
My God does
not use people and dump them. If you work for Him faithfully, you are sure to
get a very handsome reward for your efforts. In the above passage, He said that
we should never allow any labourers wage stay in our hands overnight. If He
said this, how then would He not reward you when you labour for Him?
Now, what is
the work God wants us to do? In Luke 10:2 He said “The harvest truly is great,
but the labourers are few.” The harvest He is talking about is the souls that
need to be won to Christ. He needs labourers to go out and win souls. He needs soul
winners. When you win a soul, you make Him happy, but more than that you secure
great benefits for yourself too.
In the
parable of talents in Matthew 25:21, the Master did not take the extra talents
from the servants that multiplied theirs; He left it with them as their reward.
Even the one talent that the unprofitable servant did not multiply was not kept
by the master but rather, given to the person who had ten talents. In John
12:32, He said if He is lifted up, He would draw men to Himself. This also
implies that He will draw men to the fellow who is lifting Him up. I must tell
you that I am really enjoying the benefits of being a soul-winner.
Due to the
fact that I keep raising my Father for people to accept Him into their lives,
He has drawn many men to me. Now, I have many children-in-the-Lord all over the
world such that there is hardly any city I visit wherein there wouldn’t be
someone ready to host me in their home for the duration of my stay.
John 15:2
says that any Christian who does not bear fruit will be separated from Christ.
The unprofitable servant decided not to bear fruit and was not only cast away,
but sent into outer darkness where he wept and gnashed his teeth forever
(Matthew 25:30). It pays to be a profitable steward of God. Are you one?
REFLECTION: How many souls have you won for
Christ this year?
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