DCLM Higher Everyday 15 December 2022 — Be found faithful 2

DCLM Higher Everyday 15 December 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Be found faithful 2

TOPIC: BE FOUND FAITHFUL – 2

BIBLE TEXT: MATTHEW 25:24-30

24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

MEMORY VERSE: “And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (MATTHEW 25:30).

MESSAGE:

“Have we been true to the trust He left us?
Do we seek to do our best?
If in our hearts there is naught condemns us,
We shall have a glorious rest.”

The man who received one talent was charged with unfaithfulness because he failed to use his talent. He was disloyal to his master. Consequently, he was severely punished. Human errors consist of omission (what we fail to do) and commission (doing what we are not supposed to do). We will render account of what we do and what we fail to do, to God at last.

Your life is that one talent with all its endowments. God will call you to account for it someday. A holy life of obedience to God will avert His judgment. People who revel in sin and continue to give excuses to defend why they cannot get rid of it and be saved will end up in eternal punishment. You are expected to maximally use your time and talents to serve God. You are given one life to live; invest it profitably.

QUOTE: We will render account.

CHALLENGE: Live your life with the reckoning day in view.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, give me grace to be faithful to you.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)