Open Heavens August 6, 2008

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Psa 100-102

FAULTLESS?

MEMORIZE: "And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men" (Acts 24:16)

READ: Luke 1:5-6

In John 6:1-13, after Jesus fed the 5000, He cared about what was left. Verse 12 says, “When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost”. After God has blessed you, He has a plan for the left overs. While some people have no food to eat, some of us are throwing away excess food. This is wrong! It is either you become more prudent in determining what will be enough for you and your family, or you devise a suitable plan for the excess. No waste is allowed in the Kingdom, or else you will be unfaithful to God in the management of resources. Some of us litter the place with broken chairs, tables and machines, whereas with very little money, we can have them fixed, and put into use again. There are some clothes you do not frequently use, which are still okay. You should mend, wash, iron and give them to the needy ones, and in the process obtain more blessings from God. If you must be faithful, you must cultivate the habit of waste to wealth.


Some people are asking God to commit more money into their hands, when they cannot manage the little already given to them. How do you spend your income? How do you spend church money? If you are wasting the few thousands, you will waste the millions when they come. God wants you to first learn how to manage the few thousands, the few congregation members before giving you something more. Another component of faithfulness contained in Daniel 6:1-4 is faultlessness. A faultless person is someone like Daniel: his colleagues could not fault his work. Job was also said to be perfect and upright (Job 1:1). In Luke 1:5-6, Zacharias and his wife were equally blameless. If these people could be faultless and Ephesians 5:27 says we should be spotless and faultless, then it is possible. If you can be faulted in your attitude to the things of God and God’s Word, you are miles away from being faithful. In Acts 24:16, Paul says, “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men”.
 

Being faultless starts from the heart. You will not want to offend or owe God or men. You will not want to do any assignment shoddily. Your conscience is occupied with the right motives. How faultless are you? Can your colleagues fault your work? If yes, you need to work hard towards being blameless. Being spotless is necessary to make Heaven.

ACTIONPOINT: Examine yourself and list areas of errors, shortcomings and shoddiness with regards to ministerial or secular work. Prayerfully expunge them.