Be Faithful

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: BE FAITHFUL

Are you successful today? What measure do you use to measure success? The world may measure success by profit - how much are you earning? By prosperity - what do you own? By prestige - how high are you in the corporate ladder?

How does God measure success? We see from scriptures that God measure success by faithfulness. How faithful are you to God?
Faithfulness is not a virtue appreciated much today. We see that in marriages - relationship between spouse. In scholarships, breaking of bonds. Why should we remain faithful?

God wants us to be faithful to what He has called us to do. He is not going to measure you based on how many converts you have, how many years have your served the church, how great things have you done These are all important, and we want them. But growth comes from God Himself. God wants to see our faithfulness.

Paul was experiencing some difficulty with his ministry in church in Corinth. If we go by popularity and numbers, Paul ministry at Corinth does not seem to be very successful. People are judging him, but listen to what he tells them: "I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me." (1 Cor 4:3-4)

True success is not to be measured in terms of what man can see, but in terms of what God sees. "My judge," says Paul, "is not man or even myself, but God."

And how will God judge me? He said it in the first few verses: 1 Cor 4:1-2
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

In other words, the important thing for us is to be faithful faithful to God and the work God has entrusted to us.

Noticed the words Paul uses: we are "servants" of Christ; "entrusted" with a message of salvation; and "given a trust".

LET US PRAY
FATHER IN JESUS NAME, HELP US IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WE FIND OUR SELF'S TO BE FAITHFUL TO YOU ALWAYS IN JESUS NAME

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