Handling Wealth & Property (Self Assessment 14) (18/10/2013)

Blessed Saturday to us all dear friends. As most of us do not have to rush to work this morning, let us consider carefully the passage below. Share with us the insight you receive from the Holy Ghost during your meditation. WE ENCOURAGE ALL OUR READERS TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE!

Luke 16: 10- 12

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? ” Amen

Questions:
i. Explain with practical examples what the statement in vrs 10 “who ever can be trusted with little can also be trusted with much” means.

ii. Meditate on vrs 11, what in your opinion is “wordly riches” and ” true riches”? Compare their similarities & differences.

iii. From all the above, how then should a christian handle wealth or property (whether personally or as stewards). What are some of the blessings attached to the proper handling of money & property.

iv. What lessons have you learnt today, espercially on how to manage wealth and property in a way that pleases God.

Categories: Self Assessment