Wednesday Devo
Scripture:
Luke 16:10-12
10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. 11 And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? 12 And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own?
10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. 11 And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? 12 And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own?
Commentary:
16:11 Unrighteous wealth here refers to earthly money and possessions. True riches means spiritual stewardship and responsibility in God’s kingdom, and ultimately heavenly reward as well (cf. 12:33; 18:22; Matt. 6:19–21, 24).
16:12 Not … faithful in that which is another’s means faithfulness with respect to worldly possessions that God entrusts to his people for their stewardship during their lifetime (cf. 19:11–27). Your own refers back to the “true riches” of 16:11 regarding spiritual responsibility in God’s kingdom and heavenly reward.
16:12 Not … faithful in that which is another’s means faithfulness with respect to worldly possessions that God entrusts to his people for their stewardship during their lifetime (cf. 19:11–27). Your own refers back to the “true riches” of 16:11 regarding spiritual responsibility in God’s kingdom and heavenly reward.
Questions:
- On Sunday, Clayton talked about INDIVIDUAL stewardship. Jesus said in Luke 16 that if you are faithful in little things you'll be faithful in bigger things, and if you're dishonest in little things, you'll be dishonest in bigger things. How would you rate yourself in the area of faithfulness with the little things? How would God rate you?
- Every individual in our church is a sort of "non-profit ministry," and God has made donations to you because he wants you to use them for HIS mission. He blessed you to increase your capacity for generosity. In other words, he blessed you not to increase your standard of living, but to increase your standard of giving! This means that if you don't steward God's money generously, you're actually embezzling HIS money! If God were to give YOUR finances an audit review, how would you fair? Are you stewarding what He has given you well? Is your money advancing the gospel?
Pray:
- That you realize you are a steward, not an owner.
- That you would be faithful with all God has entrusted to you.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
7. How can I trust that the Bible is still God’s Word today? I trust the Bible is still God’s Word today because Jesus rose from the dead proving He was God and said His words would never pass away. Through the Holy Spirit, God inspired the writing of the Scripture, determined the canon of Scripture and protected the copying of Scripture so that we might know Him and worship Him to this day.
(Matthew 24:35; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Revelation 22:18-19)
(Matthew 24:35; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Revelation 22:18-19)
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