4/15/2024 0 Comments Clean hands pure heart upper room![]() ![]() We are supposed to be smart with the possessions that God has given us and use these things for the benefit of the kingdom of God. The master told that lazy servant he could have at least put that one talent in the bank and earned interest. God expects interest off of what He has given to us, not for what we have been given to simply be returned to Him. It is interesting in the parable of the talents that the one talent man is criticized for allow the talent to do nothing. The way we use what God has given us must be pleasing to God. Therefore, all that we do must be pleasing to the King. God has ultimate charge over the possessions and materials of this world because He created it. God has ultimate charge over us because He made us. Supreme power is His and His alone and we are not in charge of the things that He has given unto us. Therefore is no room for argument with the Creator. ![]() God created every man and woman in the image of Himself and therefore every human belongs to the Lord. The material possessions we have come from materials that God made in the very beginning. Every thing there is in this world has been created by God. Verse 2 gives the reason why everything belongs to the Lord: He laid the earth’s foundation and established it.Therefore, David reminds everyone in his psalm that everything belongs to the Lord. We are to be fruitful and profitable concerning all that God has placed within our use. Jesus made the point that the servants will be judged for how they used the master’s possession and if the possessions were used wisely. This is a description of the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 25:1,14). ![]() In that parable on of the important points of emphasis is the master is in control of the whole estate and is giving a portion of his possessions to his servants to use until he returns.
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