STEWARDSHIP:

‘Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy servant whom the master placed over his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed that servant if his master’s arrival finds him doing exactly that’ (Mtt.25:45-46)

Are you a servant? {Yes/no}

A servant is one whose speech, silence, dressing-habit, thoughts, reasoning, marital-status, career, intentions, actions, vocation e.t.c denotes a sacrifice that will positively help to improve the living standard of others with recourse to the integrity and security of Human life under Divine approval (‘and whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, in thanksgiving to God the Father through him’ Col.3:17)

What type of servant? [Wise and trustworthy / opposite]

Where do you apply your wisdom most often? (Righteousness / sinful inclinations / wicked impulse[s])

Is your body a servant to your spirit at the proper time? Is your spirit servant to your body at the proper time? {Both/either/one-sided/I don’t know}

Are you a servant to your house-boy/house-girl/gate-man/driver/cook in accord to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit?

Are you a servant to God/the congregation/the self?

Are you a servant to your husband/wife/children/mother/father/elders/relations under the guidance of the Spirit of God?

Are you a servant to your workers/clients/boss under Divine intuition?

As a servant are your working tools {“that is why you must take up all God’s armor, or you will not be able to put up any resistance on the evil day or stand your ground even though you exert yourselves to the full. So stand your ground with truth a belt round your waist and uprightness a breastplate, wearing for shoes on your feet the eagerness to spread the gospel of peace and always carrying the shield of faith so that you can use it to quench the burning arrows of the evil one. And then you must take salvation as your helmet and the sword of the Spirit, that is the word of God” Eph.6:13-17} still active (‘do not grieve the holy Spirit of God who has marked you with his seal, ready for the day when we shall be set free’ Eph.4:30) or blunt {“that is why I am reminding you now to fan into a flame the gift of God that you possess…” 2 Tim.1:6}?

Will you be found doing your work when the master comes [“Blessed that servant if his master’s arrival finds him doing exactly that” Mtt.24:46] or being dishonest as well as wallowing in sin with the presumptuous clause ‘God will understand’ {“but if the servant is dishonest and says to himself, my master is taking his time…his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know…” Mtt.24:48-51}