Monday – Gospels

Reading – Luke 16

Highlight Verse:

““If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭16‬:‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I find it interesting that Jesus teaches this right after telling the parable of the “dishonest” steward.

Today’s highlight verse can certainly stand on its own.

But in context, it helps to dig a little deeper.

The steward was in charge of a rich man’s finances. In that position, he had the authority to manage those finances as he saw fit.

That included reducing what the rich man’s debtors owed him.

Jesus does not specify what the steward did to get fired but it wasn’t the debt reduction. Instead, the rich man complemented the steward on that.

It is apparent that the steward was not fired immediately or he would not have been able to reduce the debts. As steward, he had the right to adjust those debts.

Finally, the steward made no attempt to hide the debt adjustments, so he was not dishonest in that way.

Instead, he is complimented as being shrewd.

We are stewards of all the earthly goods and finances that come our way.

No matter how hard we worked for them, all our earthly treasures ultimately belong to God.

We should be handling them with that in mind, investing wisely and using wealth strategically to promote God’s will here on earth.

Our faithfulness and honesty here will lead to greater opportunity both here and in eternity.

Do you treat your wealth as yours alone or as God’s property that you have been trusted to steward?
How does your perspective on wealth change what you do with it?