Monday, January 29, 2018

TIM Good morning, I’m Tim Wise, Sanctuary Choir Director at Central. As Christians, we are called to be faithful stewards of our wealth and our talents. In Matthew 25, Jesus tells about three servants who were given different amounts of money according to each one’s ability. Make sure you get this part: Jesus was demonstrating that while we all do not have equal abilities, we should have equal opportunities and responsibilities. After time had passed, the giver of the money came back to see what the servants had done with it all. The first two servants had doubled their wealth and earned the givers praise, and he increased their responsibility. The third servant hid his wealth out of fear, neither increasing or losing his wealth. The giver was disgruntled and took what the third servant was given and gave it to another servant. So, what is Jesus teaching us? First, we are all unique and not created identically. Second, Jesus knows what we are capable of and entrusts us with those abilities. Third, God doesn’t compare us to one another, but rather he judges us based on what we do with what we are given. If we aren’t willing to manage it well, he will take it from us. So how are you doing with what God has entrusted to you?