Imagine leaving your wealth in the hands of another person to work with it and returning to meet a doubled investment. You will not only be happy with the returns, you will also be happy with the person who spearheaded the exponential growth. There is so much evil in the world that we have all accepted the cliché that “good people are hard to come by”. There are many good people out there and many times people confuse goodness as godly. I have even heard people who would not ever commit their businesses, wealth, investment etc. in the hands of fellow believers but would rather have an unbeliever managing their wealth. Their excuse is that they want good and trustworthy people. So are believers not trustworthy? “His master replied, ‘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!’(Matthew 25:21) The parable of the bags of gold we considered in our previous blogs presented three people with different attitudes towards the master. The first two servants worked so hard with their master’s gold and doubled what they were given. The master called them “good and faithful servants”. The third servant did not work with his bag of gold and he was referred to as a “wicked and lazy servant”. Our attitude towards our work, specifically working with government or private companies or even individuals might reflect goodness and faithfulness. Lackadaisical attitudes, procrastination towards work, laziness, lack of interest towards our work and many others directly affects productivity. For some others, even managing their own businesses are met with the same unproductive attitudes. We are the light of the world and the salt of the world (Matthew 5:13-15) and when we lose our shine and our sweetness, we are not able to influence the world. All resources belong to God and as such whether you manage your own business or work for another, be good and faithful in managing what is entrusted to you. We shall give accounts of everything we do in the flesh. God judges the motives and intent of the heart (Hebrews 4:12). How unpleasant it will be to be driven out of the presence of God because we failed to be good stewards of worldly wealth? The unproductive steward had the following verdict: “And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 25:30). According to Jesus, “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? (Luke 16:10-12). Can Jesus trust you with worldly wealth?
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