CAN GOD TRUST YOU?
Whether we say it out loud or not, most people spend a great deal of time wondering whether God can be trusted. Can I trust God with my life? My future? My marriage? My finances? My children? My eternity?
Those are not small questions. In fact, they may be the most important questions a person can ask. At its core, faith is a declaration that God is trustworthy. But what happens after that question is settled?
What happens after we've spent years walking with Jesus? What happens when we've already decided that God can be trusted?
At some point, another question begins to emerge. Not, "Can I trust God?" But, "Can God trust me?"
Of course, God isn't lacking information. He knows us completely. The better question may be: Can God entrust me with more? That question changes everything.
The first question is about receiving grace. The second is about stewarding it. The first asks whether God is faithful. The second asks whether I am becoming faithful. Jesus spoke often about this principle. Many of His parables revolve around servants who were entrusted with resources, responsibilities, opportunities, and influence. The issue was never ownership. The issue was stewardship.
What would they do with what had been placed in their hands? That's where the story becomes personal. Because the same question confronts us. Can God entrust me with influence? Leadership? Opportunities? The care of another person's spiritual growth? Can He entrust me with truth?
Many people want greater responsibility while giving little attention to faithfulness. Yet throughout Scripture, faithfulness precedes entrustment. Before David ruled a kingdom, he tended sheep. Before Timothy shepherded churches, Paul tested and trained him. Before the disciples were sent, they spent years following.
God often measures readiness differently than we do.We tend to look at talent. God looks at faithfulness.We tend to ask how much influence we can gain. God asks what we're doing with the influence we already have. This is where discipleship becomes deeply personal.
The question is no longer whether God can be trusted. The Gospel settled that question long ago. The question becomes: What has God entrusted to me?
Maybe it's your marriage. Maybe it's your children. Maybe it's a business, a friendship, a ministry, a skill, or a unique opportunity. Whatever it is, it was never meant to terminate with you. Which leads to one final question.
Stewardship was never meant to end with possession. It was always meant to lead to multiplication. Who am I entrusting it to? Everything God entrusts to us is meant to be carried forward. A fire that is merely admired eventually dies. A fire that is carried endures. A fire that is entrusted multiplies.
The Gospel came to us because someone carried the fire before us. Someone taught. Someone prayed. Someone invested. Someone entrusted. Now it is our turn.
The skeptic asks, "Can I trust God?"
The disciple asks, "What has God entrusted to me?"
The multiplier asks, "Who am I entrusting it to?"
Carry the Fire,
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