DCLM Higher Everyday 8 January 2024 — Faithfulness In Stewardship
Topic: Faithfulness In Stewardship
Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1-4
1Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Key Verse: “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2)
Message
In 2017, a security man attached to a particular bank in Nigeria found $10,000 dropped by a client and returned it to the bank authority. His monthly earning was just $100. He was ridiculed and criticized by his colleagues for returning such huge amount of money which he could have used for himself and his family. During the annual general meeting of the managers of the bank, the man was rewarded with a sum of $15,000 for his faithfulness in service. This act shows that God can lift us higher than we are now if we are faithful to Him.
Every believing youth is a steward in God’s kingdom. Joseph was a faithful steward in Potiphar’ s house. Jacob was also a faithful steward in Laban’s house, Eliezer was a faithful steward to Abraham and Apostle Paul and other disciples of Christ were faithful. Christian youths are expected to be faithful in evangelism, money matters, and issues of trust and in any assignment. Faithfulness in stewardship is the hallmark of the Christian faith.
Quote:Youths are expected to be faithful
Challenge: There can be no stewardship without faithfulness.
Prayer for today Lord, make me faithful in all things.
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)
