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He who\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>faithful in\u00a0what is\u00a0<\/em>least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in\u00a0what is\u00a0<\/em>least is unjust also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true\u00a0riches<\/em>? And if you have not been faithful in what is another man\u2019s, who will give you what is your own?<\/strong>\u00a0(Luke 16:10-12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
How important is our money, material things, and our day-to-day practical life? It\u2019s far more important than we usually think.<\/p>\n
Jesus told us,\u00a0he who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much<\/strong>. In these words of Jesus, money and material things are considered among the\u00a0least<\/strong>\u00a0of things. Ultimately, our bank accounts and possessions don\u2019t matter much. But how we manage and use those bank accounts and possessions matters a lot.<\/p>\n
Jesus told us that if a person cannot be faithful in managing their money and material things \u2013 the things that are\u00a0least<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 then they should not be trusted to be faithful in handling the things that are\u00a0much<\/strong>, the things that are really important.<\/p>\n
If someone is false and unfaithful in everyday life, it doesn\u2019t matter if they know how to say spiritual words and project a Christian image. Their unfaithfulness in everyday life shows them to be false and unfaithful in the spiritual life, and no one should entrust them with\u00a0true riches<\/strong>\u00a0(spiritual riches).<\/p>\n
Jesus applied the principle with this question:\u00a0If you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?<\/strong>\u00a0In this sense, those who are leaders among God\u2019s people must be good managers of their own money. If a person can\u2019t be faithful before God with the money granted by. God, how can they be faithful with the care of people they should shepherd?<\/p>\n
This certainly does not mean that leaders in the church must be wealthy or make a lot of money. It is an issue of how they\u00a0manage<\/em>\u00a0the resources God has given to them, not how great their resources are.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, when it comes to the question\u00a0who will commit to your trust the true riches<\/strong>, far too many Christians are willing to entrust their spiritual care to a person who can\u2019t even care for the things of\u00a0unrighteous mammon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Jesus continued His application by warning those who\u00a0have not been faithful in what is another man\u2019s<\/strong>. Jesus seems to refer to the fact that all our bank accounts and material possessions belong to God, and we must be careful that we are managing\u00a0His<\/em>\u00a0resources well. When we manage them faithfully, God will bless what we have (who will give you what is your own<\/strong>).<\/p>\n
It is challenging but true: we can often measure the strength and integrity of what is spiritual by looking at the strength and integrity of the material. If you really follow Jesus, you will diligently manage well what He has blessed you with. (Guzik)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He who\u00a0is\u00a0faithful in\u00a0what is\u00a0least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in\u00a0what is\u00a0least is unjust also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true\u00a0riches? And if you have not been faithful in what is another man\u2019s, who will … Continue reading “66.d. Luke 16:10-12”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199580,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199575\/revisions\/199580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}