As we are faced with tighter budgets personally and collectively, it causes us to reflect and to make sure we are being wise stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. As I read in Matthew 24-25, I am reminded that ultimately tough times will come and the love of many will wax cold, but that he that shall endure to the end SHALL be saved.
Certainly there is encouragement in these scriptures, but there is also warning of consequences for our actions. Jesus talks about the wise and foolish virgins, in a parable about his return when some that prepared and others that did not. He goes on to reward the servant who when given talents multiplied his and admonishes the one that reacted in fear and buried his.
The scripture teaches us not to fear, but to trust God for our provision proving ourselves to be wise stewards of the talents he has given each of us. I pray during these times of belt tightening that we do not forget who the supplier of all our needs is and that he can multiply our tithes and offerings to meet the needs of the world. Let us then strive to be that wise steward, so that God will say "Well done good and faithful servant thou has been faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of the lord." Matthew 25:21
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