TUESDAY, 8 APRIL 2025
TEXT: NEHEMIAH
12:44-47
44: At that time men were
appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits
and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the
storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites,
for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites.
45: They performed the
service of their God and the service of purification, as did also the musicians
and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon.
46: For long ago, in the
days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the musicians and for the
songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47: So in the days of
Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the
musicians and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the other
Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.
(New International
Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC: FAITHFUL
STEWARD
The
word 'steward' should not depart from our hearts and minds because of its
importance. It refers to someone who manages or has been entrusted with the
task of taking care of something.
In
other words, it is someone who has been entrusted a responsibility of running a
household or establishment based on trust. In fact, a steward is a manager.
This
is what God demonstrated through the life of Nehemiah.
In
Nehemiah's time, there were men who were appointed to be in charge of the
storerooms (vs. 44). They worked so faithfully that Judah was pleased with
their ministry as priests and Levites.
They
performed excellently well (vs. 45) and gave portions meant for the Levites and
others as daily without anyone complaining of embezzlement (vs.47).
But
today, in both the secular world and the church, palliatives meant to ease the
pains of the poor have been hoarded and, or diverted and sold in markets,
leaving the less privileged to suffer hunger and starvation.
The
Master is asking or that faithful steward who is wise and wiling to give meat
to His household in due time (Matthew 24:45).
QUESTION: Do you know that, as a steward of God, you are
called to be faithful in discharging your duties either in the church, market
or your place of work?
PRAYER: O Lord, I am sorry for not living out the life of
faithfulness as a steward. Help me to be faithful in the assignment You have
committed into my hands wherever I find myself in Jesus' name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA Food For The Day,
2025.
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