Faithful Stewardship: Embracing Our Unique Gifts

but we are all masterpieces and sometimes we try to excuse our lack of production on the fact that well we got eggs instead of eggs instead of steak right or we got hash browns instead of baked potato see god they got the turkey and they got the ham all i got was the pancakes but in reality everything that god has given us is um has value so he tells us the second thing is that while we are not all the same we're all masterpieces and then he teaches us we're not all the same but we all have opportunities because sometimes we look around and we're like well god why do they seem to get all the opportunities the opportunity to be promoted the opportunity to move the opportunity for a relationship the opportunity for breakthrough look what the scripture says in verse 21 it says the master was full of praise so he comes back and the one with five has turned it into ten and the master was full of praise well done my good and faithful servant you have been faithful in handling and this is interesting this small amount now think about what he's saying he had five talents he was given so that's somewhere between two and a half million and ten million dollars intotoday's money and he says you've been faithful with this small amount you know what that says to me that says to me how much God actually has in which to bless us with he's saying yeah this is this is not a lot in my economy this is not a lot in my business but you have been you have been faithful you have been good and then he says so now I will give you what many more responsibilities let's let's celebrate in other words I'm going to give you more opportunities because you've been faithful with the opportunities I've already put within your hands the abilities that I've given you then he comes to the next dude and of course he didn't have the turkey he may have had the pancakes or he may have had the steak right he he was given two talents he turned it in a four and the master says the very same thing well done [01:07:05] (146 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


Christmas or whatever it might be.Maybe we even allowed that to go through our minds last week when we're thinking about turkeys, right? Well, I'd buy a turkey too if I blah, blah, blah, blah. Right? We talk a lot about what we would do if we had more, which is just contradictory to what the scripture teaches. It says if we are faithful with what we have, then we would be faithful with more. But, and here's the challenging part, if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities.In other words, God's not going to bless you with more opportunities if you're not taking it. If I'm making excuses for why I can't leverage my resources and time and skills and abilities to make a kingdom difference, then God's not going to bless me with more.See, if we can be trusted with what we have, then God can trust us with more, right? In trust. That's that word, trust. And what are we supposed to? Invest in. Like, He's trusting us to do what?Well, what did Jesus care about? Well, in Luke chapter 19, it says this, for the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost.What's the thing that Jesus cares about more than anything else?It's seeing people come to Him. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man coming to the Father except through me.Jesus died so that we could have what? It says in John 3, right? Whoever believes will have eternal life. He says He didn't come to condemn because we already know that we're not perfect. He came to rescue. So that which He values more than anything else is to see people come to Christ, to have a transformation of their heart, not just to believe there is a God, but to