Faithful Steward

Matthew 24:45

Who then is the faithful and prudent slave,whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time?

This verse is one of my favorites, and I even made a framed poster fixed on the wall of my house entrance door. Though to be a faithful and prudent slave has been my burden and prayer, only time and trial will test if I have become such a one. In a very practical sense, the greatest test is in handling "mammon," yes even money.

The Lord is the faithful One to train me to be faithful and gave me opportunities to learn and learn. Praise the Lord!

There is a brother who used to transfer money to my account, not just few but quite an amount, not just once but a couple of times now. Every time the transaction was brought to my notice I would bring the matter before the Lord that I may be found faithful in dispensing this offering to the ones in the Lord's heart. The transfers has been frequent thus far. And it was a good spiritual exercise for me to go to the Lord in prayer and discern to whom and how much the offerings have to be further transferred. I can testify as before God, that He led me in a very fine and detail way, to whom and how much and when to transfer. It was a wonderful experience of learning to be faithful and prudent slave.

I remember a word from a brother that enlightened me to say, "one who is faithful in money matter is faithful in many matters." This has been proven to be true, at least in my little knowledge and experience of life with different people. For all material things can be quantified into a liquid cash. And money does rules those who are not ruled by the Lord, as the Lord Jesus rightly said that a man cannot serve two masters, God or mammon.

The last transfer was particularly worth a remembrance as the Lord directed me in a very exact and timely manner within a couple of days' time, to whom and how much to transfer. Case by case I was notified of the real situation of certain families who were genuinely and urgently in need. The need were: for a sister who was down with a deathly dengue disease, a family who could not manage to care for their child's vaccination, a family who went through job loss and sever sickness and was hospitalised, a family who laboured and struggled to make a living yet serve the Lord, a family who wanted to serve the Lord full time and yet went through a financial disaster, a gospel preaching work in Nepal and the need of the literature service for the propagation of the ministry of the word. 

Discerning each case was a real experience of the Lord's definite leading step by step. By the Lord's mercy, may I be found a faithful steward. All is from the Lord and the channel must also be one with the Lord. 

Lord, make me Your faithful and prudent steward, to give food, both spiritual and physical, at the proper time; nourishing and cherishing Your children.