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Be Faithful Even With Very Little

(Lk16:10-13)

God is the Owner.

He created all things and is their Owner (Ps100:3), and

He can give or take away at His own discretion (Mt25:28-29).

Faith is knowing that everything belongs to not oneself but has been entrusted to him, and

The life of this faith is about seeing ahead, being faithful even with very little.

Different from a worker, the owner is greatly interested in his things even with very little.

As such, he looks for those who are faithful and

At times, inherits all his possessions to a worker even if he is unrelated by flesh and blood.

In the beginning, while God gave Adam the right to rule over and guard the Garden of Eden (Ge2:15),

He forbid him to take from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for

It was a reminder that God is the Owner (Ge2:17).

However, since he could not guard his wife made from his rib,

He sinned and thus was banished from the Garden (Ge2:22, 3:4-6, 24).

This was all because they were deceived by the serpent, the devil who

Left his proper domain of serving God in heaven,

Wanting to be like God (Is14:12-15; Eze28:13-14; Rev12:9).

Nevertheless, there were those on earth who were faithful with even very little (Ps101:6-8):

Joseph was faithful to his master who entrusted everything to his care and thus

Resisted the master's wife (Ge39:7-10),

Ultimately becoming the second-in-command in Egypt.

Moses looked after his own people and tried to decide on a fight between two Hebrews (Ex2:11-14),

Later being in charge of the Law of God and becoming the judge over the people (Ex18:13).

David, even at an young age,

Rescued his father's sheep from the mouth of a lion or a bear (1Sa17:34-37) and

Cut off the head of the enemy who defiled the name of the Lord (1Sa17:51),

Ultimately taking the throne of the Kingdom of Judah.

The sanctuary where the name of the Lord God was,

Also called "the earthly sanctuary (He9:1), was where

The earthly priests carried earthly offering (He9:10, 10:4) and

Faithfully served while on earth (He7:23),

While anyone mishandling any part of it was put to death (2Sa6:6-7).

Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would tear down the earthly sanctuary (He9:11-12) and

Raise the sanctuary in heaven where one would serve God forever (He8:1-2).

Since the age of 12, Jesus knew what He had to do and where (Lk2:41-49):

To dwell in the Father's house doing the work of building it (He3:2) and

To lose none of the disciples given to Him but to protect them (Jn6:38-40, 17:12).

Furthermore, He faithfully fulfilled the Scriptures (Jn19:28)

For He is the faithful Son.

As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Returned His breath to the Father the Owner (Mt22:21; Lk23:46);
2) Condemned the devil, the traitor, who left his proper domain (1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood purchased souls and became their new Owner (1Pe1:18).

The Father then raised Him up and

Made Him the Owner of the heavens and the earth (Mt28:18).

The Holy Spirit came and gathered

Those who believe in the name Yeshua as God's temple, the church (1Co3:16; 1Ti3:15).

The mission of the church is to

Let the believers know that they have been entrusted and

Appoint duties for them (1Pe4:10-11).

The Christian knows that

Whatever he considers as his own, such as

His time, material, talent, family, livelihood, health or breath, or

As the church's, such as the souls entrusted, the church possession, equipment or vessels,

All belong to the Lord.

Thus he puts every effort to be faithful even with very little for

He knows that he who is faithful in that which is another's will be

Given that which is his own (Lk16:12) ” the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven.

O Lord,

Though we have said, "lord, lord with our lips,

We have been thinking what is not ours as our own, for we have the heart of a thief!

Let us examine every single thing that has been entrusted to us and

Let us strictly, honestly and transparently manage even the very little and

Finally become the faithful stewards who will inherit heaven! Amen.