“Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.”
Fulke Greville (1554-1628), poet and statesman, in Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical, compiled by Charles Noel Douglas (London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1917) 136.
Today I had the privilege of preaching at Cosmopolitan Church in Manila on the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30. In that text the unfaithful steward lost what he had and it was given to the faithful. He hoarded in fear because he did not know the Master, while faithful stewards show their faith by how they use the Master’s money.
Where do you fit in that story? If the Master were to return today, are you ready to give an account for your stewardship? Or are those around you praying that the Lord will redistribute the resources that you have failed to put in play? Here in the Philippines, God’s stewards don’t have much, but they appear eager to put to work what the Master has given them.