I know what I shall do so that,
when I am removed from the stewardship,
they may welcome me into their homes.'
Let us learn to put to good use the things of this world, things which aren't really ours anyway, for the sake of eternity. All things truly belong to God and we are merely loaned them. Rather than using the things of this world to assert power of others, let us use them for the sake of love and fellowship.
To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?'
He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.'
He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.'
We really are in a position to show mercy to others on the basis of what the master puts in our charge. If we cling to tightly to the things themselves we lose a golden opportunity. We risk spending a lot of time digging or begging for what we ourselves need. If instead we use our stewardship for the sake of others we can not only be welcomed into their homes but also into eternal dwelling places.
This form of stewardship gives us reason to boast in what pertains to God. It is not in what we ourselves accomplish, which comes at the expense of our brothers and sisters. It comes rather as we use our stewardship to make of all peoples an acceptable offering to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. The master allows us to be the ones through whom mercy reaches them. It is an amazing thing which Christ chooses to accomplish through us if we just let him do so.
The LORD has made his salvation known:
in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.
He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
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