Are You Using What God Has Given to You?

Once, a man said, "If I had some extra money, I'd give it to God, but I have just enough to support myself and my family." And the same man said, "If I had some extra time, I'd give it to God, but every minute is taken up with my job, my family, my clubs, and what have you--every single minute." And the same man said, "If I had a talent I'd give it to God, but I have no lovely voice; I have no special skill; I've never been able to lead a group; I can't think cleverly or quickly, the way I would like to."



And God was touched, and although it was unlike him, God gave that man money, time, and a glorious talent. And then He waited, and waited, and waited.....And then after a while, He shrugged His shoulders, and He took all those things right back from the man, the money, the time and the glorious talent. After a while, the man sighed and said, "If I only had some of that money back, I'd give it to God. If I only had some of that time, I'd give it to God. If I could only rediscover that glorious talent, I'd give it to God."


How often are we guilty of that very same thing? Let’s make it our goal to be good stewards of what God gives to us, whether it is money, time or our talents.






Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”


- Hebrews 13:5 (New International Version)






Dear Lord we thank you for all you have given us, we pray that we would be good stewards of what You have entrusted to us. In Jesus’ name, amen.