Faithful Stewardship

From: The Purpose Driven Life Ministries

Matthew 25:21 "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness."

We never really own anything during our brief stay on earth. God just loans it to us while we're here. It was God's property before we arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after we die. We just get to enjoy it for a while.

The first job God gave humans was to manage and take care of God's "stuff" on earth. This role has never been rescinded. It is a part of our purpose today. Everything we enjoy is to be treated as a trust that God has placed in our hands.

Jesus often referred to life as a trust and told many stories to illustrate our responsibility toward God. In the story of the talents, a businessman entrusts his wealth to the care of his servants while he's away. When he returns, he evaluates each servant's responsibility and rewards them accordingly. The owner says, "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness."

At the end of our life on earth we will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well we handled what God entrusted to us.