Stewardship

APAD DAY 6

by Daniel Owino Ogweno
02/22/17
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Here to Glorify Christ

Jesus died our death that we may live His life. We belonged to God by authorship but even after we sold ourselves to Satan, Jesus came and purchased us back to Himself. This is why the Bible says:

“… [Jesus] died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”—2 Corinthians 5:15.

After Jesus died and rose again, everyone living should not live for self. If you live and you are only living for yourself then you are living fraudulently.

We live to glorify God in every way. Sometimes we may be called upon to die for Christ. Most of the times, death intimidates us to the extent that we may run away from it even if that means we compromise some radical aspects of our faith. We cannot run away from a Christ-honouring death and claim that we are going to live a Christ-honouring life. If we cannot die for Him, we cannot live for Him either.

When I say radical aspects of faith, I don’t intend the reader to interpret this to mean violence that a supposed believer metes against perceived enemies. The context of Christ’s teaching is that radicalism is measured by how much one is willing to lay down his life for the sake of his loyalty to Him and His teachings: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matt. 16:25).

The true Christian faith is something to die for, not kill for (John 16:2). If we understand the purpose of our life, we would equally understand and value other people’s lives even if they don’t believe what we believe.

The Bible is awash with examples of people who stood against intimidating forces because they would glorify God with their life. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego stand out. God by His discretion chose to save them miraculously. In some cases, people paid the ultimate price.

We can glorify Christ directly by standing firm in the faith regardless of persecutions but we can also glorify Christ by the sacrifices we make for the sake of others. Esther’s beauty, for example, was not for her, but was for the emancipation of the Jews as we shall see later.

How we manage our life and that of others shows if we understand the idea and purpose of stewardship in its encompassing scope.