STEWARDS OF GOD'S BLESSINGS

From the desk of Pastor Tunde Daniels

Teusday  24th November 2015

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

"What do you have that you did not receive"(1Corithians 4:7)

STEWARDS OF THE BLESSING

The story was told of a wealthy man who enjoyed buying his father unusual gifts for Christmas. One Christmas he found a unique gift: a talking bird that spoke five languages and sang the national anthem standing on one foot. It cost $10,000 dollars. But the man didn't mind. So he purchased the bird and sent it to his dad for Christmas. A few days after Christmas he went over to his father's house to see if he enjoyed his gift. He said, Sad, did you get my present? 'I sure did', his father said. ' How do you like it? The man asked again 'its delicious, we had it for Christmas dinner'. The man's father obviously missed the the point. He treated as ordinary, a gift that was very special.
Too often that's how we treat the blessing of God gives us. Paul asks, 'what do you have that you did not receive? Everything we have including the breath in our lungs, is a gift from God! And James adds: 'Every good thing given... is from above, coming from the father  (James 1:17NAS). In order for us to be good stewards of God's blessings we need to be reminded that everything we have were give to us by God for keeps  that includes : our time, talent and treasures. God will make demands on these things that He has blessed you with so you can be a blessing to others. So anything we give back to God, is just returning to Him a small part of what He has given us, and that qualifies us as good stewards of God's blessings.

Prayer Point

Father, position me to be a blessing to my generation in Jesus name.

Daily Bible Reading

Ezekiel 38-39; James 4; Proverbs 28:7-17