“Be Good Stewards”

I was about 9 years old, and it was around Christmas time. So, I worked for my grandmother Grace, Viola, and Margaret Powers. I made .15 cents. So, I went to the corner store, Mr. Putt the owner. Told me If I get a gold medal ball out of the gumball machine, I get 10 Chocolate Santas. If I get a silver ball out of the machine, I get 5 Chocolate Santa’s. If I don’t get either of those, I get nothing. Well, I spent 5 pennies on the gum ball machine. I received 3 gold balls and 1 silver ball. So, I had 35 Chocolate Santa’s Mr. Putt put in a bag that I won. So, I went home with them, and my dad didn’t even give me a chance to tell him. He said where did you get these. I said the store. He said you stole them. I said no. I got in trouble with no explanation. Then after he took me back up to the store and confronted me as a thief in front of Mr. Putt. Mr. Putt told my dad. Susan didn’t steal these Chocolate Santa’s! She won them. Then Mr. Putt explained it to him. My dad was so embarrassed. I was happy cause I was able to share the chocolate Santas with my sister, brother, mom and dad.
A person may get in trouble for doing right, but God see’s and knows and will rectify the situation always.

It reads in Matthew 25:14-30
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
“We have here the parable of the talents committed to three servants;” this implies that we are in a state of work and business, as the former implies that we are in a state of expectancy. a parable about the Kingdom of Heaven and the return of Christ and the reward of good and faithful servants. Matthew 25 ends with a description of the Kingdom of Heaven and the return of Christ and the reward of good and faithful servants. Meaning of the parable reach’s far beyond financial investments. God has given each person a wide variety of gifts, like time, talent and treasures. He expects us to engage those gifts in His service. It is not acceptable merely to put those gifts on a shelf and ignore them. Like the three servants, we do not have gifts of the same degree. God expects us to proportionate the gifts we have been given. The servant who received one talent was not condemned for failing to reach the five-talent goal; he was condemned because he did nothing with what he was given.
Let’s read Matthew 25:31-46
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: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 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: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
This teaching of Jesus is difficult for some Christians because it seems to say that we will be judged on the basis of good works done rather than on faith or belief in Jesus alone. Most Bible experts say it means we will be judged by what we have done to help other people in need: These words of Scripture have surely experienced their share of analysis and proclamation over time. Jesus gave Himself for our forgiveness and gave Himself for freedom to walk right with Him.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I am believing for You to continually guide us as we respect those in authority. We know that You are above this war, and all will work out for Your glory. Keep a hedge of angels around all the innocent people going through this war for protection. Bring healing, unity and surrender this war with peace Jehovah Jireh. Assist us to identify, be confident, proud and appreciated the gifts you have given us all. Give us patience, understanding and a giving heart to pursue Your Goals You set before us and that we may reach the eternal milestone. You surround us with Your strength and Salvation. Let prayer and action lead the way. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.