God Wants You To Be A Good Servant With All He Has Given You

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Because, although this message is great and it’s in-depth, there’s so much more that you can learn and understand by examining, and studying, and meditating on the Word, and praying about it on your own time.

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It’s really about God. It’s about your connection with Him, and this is just a means to help deepen that connection. So what are we talking about today?

We’re talking about being a good servant. Part of that is getting to know your master more. Now, I might have already offended some people, but guess what? If you take offense to anything, that’s your own problem.

God is your master, He is my master, and what do we need to do? We need to serve our master. And you say, “We’re done with slavery! That’s been abolished!”

Guess what? Open your eyes, because there are more people in slavery now than ever in the history of the world. You want to set them free? Do something about it.

God is my master. He is who I serve. And hopefully, He is who you serve, as well. And if you can understand and comprehend that, then you’re already a step ahead of the people who can’t, and you need to help them understand and comprehend that, because we choose to serve the Lord.

So, what does it look like? What does being a good servant to God look like? Well, first of all, you need to obey His commandments. You need to listen to Him and obey. You have to have faith and works because, as James says, “Faith without works is dead”. So you gotta be doing.

So you—what—you have a problem with slavery? Well, get those people out of it then. You have a problem with human trafficking? Do something!

You have a problem with persecution of Christians, then guess what? Make more Christians so that they become a majority, and then the persecution might not be so bad. Do what the Bible says.

All right, let’s talk more about being a good servant, specifically. First, we’re going to take a look at a verse, Matthew 25:30.

Matthew 25:30, “And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” What does this mean? Worthless. That is probably the worst insult that someone can get—to be worthless.

Literally no value, no worth. It is worthless! Get him out, the Master says, because that servant didn’t do what the Master wanted him to do. He wasn’t a good servant. He was worthless. He abused the gifts the Master gave him.

He poorly invested what he was given—instead of putting what the Master gave him to good use, like the other servants did, this servant chose to hide it away or bury it in the ground. He wasted his talent. The master was very angry about it and said, “You could have at least put this in the bank so I could have gained the interest!”

The master then took that gift back from the servant and gave it to one of the servants who used their gifts wisely.

Let’s go to Matthew 25:29, we’ll jump ahead a little bit. It says, “For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. And whoever does not have, even what they have, will be taken from them.”

So, if you’re given something—if you’re given a gift—now this could be a gift, could be a possession, could be a talent, could be money, could be anything! If you have something and you choose to take care of it poorly, it will be taken from you and given to someone else who will take care of it properly.

So if you wonder why you can never have a nice car, or a nice lawnmower, or whatever the case may be, maybe you need to start taking better care of the things you do have—because God is trusting you with them.

And He says, “You can’t take care of anything, why am I going to give you more? I’m going to take it away and give it to someone else!”

So when you’re given a gift, you must use it wisely. At least use it, and make an effort to use it and learn, because through that, you will be learning to use it more wisely. We have an entire sermon called “Use Your Gifts”—check it out in the card up above, or go to our website and search for it.

If you just bury your gifts in the ground, or let them go to waste, or hang on to it hoping that you’re not going to lose it, then guess what? It will be taken from you and given to someone who will use it.

If you’re gonna hoard your money, or bury it in the ground, or put it under your mattress, eventually that will be taken from you, and given to someone who will use it wisely.

How do you use it? Build the Kingdom of God. If you don’t use it, it will be taken from you, and you will have nothing. Let’s go to Luke 19:24-26.

Luke 19:24-26, “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’ ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has 10!’ He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given. But as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.’”

If you use it, you will keep it. If you choose to use it improperly or not to use it, even what you have will be taken away. Therefore, use everything that God gives you. Use it all so that you will be a good servant, and more will be given to you.

Because, if you use what God has given you to build His Kingdom, He’s gonna say, “Wow, you are a good and faithful servant, and guess what?

I’m going to give you more. There’s going to be more that I will give you, because I know that you’re going to use it to build my Kingdom, and you’re going to use it to help others, and you’re going to use it to build people up, and you’re going to use it to rescue those people out of slavery,
or out of human trafficking.

Or to send missionaries to more places to make disciples of all nations. You’re using what I have given you to build my Kingdom here on Earth. You are a good steward.”

We have a sermon about that called “Be A Good Steward”—check that out. Basically, God wants to bless you. He wants to give you more! Just like any good parent would want to give their child more. Most parents say, “I want my child to have a better life than I had.” They want to give their children good gifts.

Though we are wicked, think how good of gifts we want to give our children—how much better God would give gifts to us. It’s fascinating! Grasp that concept, understand that if you have children and you want your children to have a better life than you, God wants you to have even more.

And so if your child, if you give them gifts and give them things, new toys, and they keep breaking them, and you’re like, “Man, my kid breaks his $20 toy, there’s no way I’m going to buy them that $100 toy, because I know he’ll break it!”

Well, look in the mirror, buddy, because if God says, “So and so, my servant, doesn’t really serve me well, anytime I give them something, they misuse it, they get scammed, they break it, they are careless with it, they—whatever, why would I give them more?

Even though they continue to ask me for more, I’m not going to give it to them because they’re careless. They’re a worthless servant!”

Don’t be careless. Don’t be a worthless servant—be a good servant. Serve God with all that you have, in any way possible.

Now I’m not saying that you—maybe you say, “Well, I have a big house, and I have extra cars or vehicles or money in the bank. Are you telling me that I need to give all that away?” No. I’m telling you to use it.

There is a record of Jesus speaking in the Gospel of the Kailedi, and He is saying—first of all, a businessman comes to Jesus and says, “Hey, I’ve got a big business, I have employees, I have a house, I’ve got responsibilities. But if you tell me, Lord, if you tell me to give it all up, and follow You every single day, with You,” like, he meant, like, travel around and preach the gospel, “I will do it.”

So that’s what you need to be—willing to do it. But God, Jesus says to him, “Hey, I love that. I love your heart! How many people look to you for employment?”

And the businessman says, “About 50. I employ 50 people, and provide for all their families.” Jesus says, “Continue to do what you’re doing, because in doing that, you are doing my will.” So the businessman goes away and seeks to improve upon what he is doing.

He’s providing for 50. Can he then provide for more? Jesus is telling him, “Do what you can, make what you can, live a modest life.” And He says, “Then anything over your means, use to support the poor, to build my Kingdom, to send missionaries, to rescue people, to do all of those things.”

So in the same way you, whatever you’re doing, don’t live with outside your means, live within your means, and everything above your modest lifestyle, use to build the Kingdom. Jesus wants you to be a good servant! Let’s go to Luke 16:10.

Luke 16:10. 16 Verse 10, “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

So, if God is giving you things, and you’re poorly managing them, you’re not gonna get more. You need to be a good steward, you need to be a good servant, and you need to manage it wisely, and then you will be given more.

So, what do you need to do in this life in order to continue to be blessed by God to receive more? Do you need to give everything away? Do you need to strive for more wealth? It’s all in your heart.

It’s like the heart of that businessman who said, “I’m willing to do whatever it takes to follow You. If You want me to give it up, that’s fine. I’m not too attached to it. You want me to give this away? That’s fine. I’m not too attached to it.”

You’re not hoarding anything. You recognize that everything that you have is given to you by God, and you are taking care of it. You’re a manager, you’re a steward, you’re a servant, and God owns everything; you are just here to serve.

So, this suit that I’m wearing, God gave it to me. One way or another, this shirt—and I need to be a good servant and say, “God, thank You for letting me use this. I know it’s Yours, I’m going to take good care of it for You, because it’s not mine.”

Just like if someone lends you something, and you break it, what happens? They’re kind of angry! Like, “I let you use my stuff and you break it?” Well, then you usually have to buy it and replace it.

So, you’re using God’s stuff! Don’t break it—be a good servant. So, what do you need to do? You need to work hard in this Earth. Let’s go to 2 Thessalonians 3:10.

2 Thessalonians 3:10. “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: if a man will not work, he shall not eat.”

Now, depending on your translation, if a person doesn’t work, they don’t eat. Therefore, you need to work. You gotta be doing something. God has given you gifts, He’s given you talents. You need to be using them! How do you use your talents? You work!

I’m great at preaching, maybe—you might have a different opinion, but this is one of my gifts—to read and understand and interpret the Bible and then present it to other people to help them understand and interpret it.

God gave me that wisdom, that knowledge. So what am I going to do? Am I going to sit on it like a Pharisee or something, and just understand, or a philosopher, and just keep learning and sit in my own room, with all my books, and pride myself on my knowledge? No!

I’m learning—and understanding—and then I’m finding a way to give it to more people, and if those people choose to seek wisdom and they find these videos, they will watch them and understand more.

I’m using the gift God has given me, and guess what? He will continue to bless me with a deeper knowledge and understanding. I’m working. What are you doing? If God has given you a skill or an ability—you’re great at playing sports, you’re an excellent woodworker, you’re a good craftsman, you have a skill in sewing—whatever your skill is, you need to be doing it.

Salesmanship, business, entrepreneurship—whatever! God has blessed you with a skill, with an ability, probably with several. Get out there and use it.

What else? Well, like that businessman that Jesus said, “Live within your modest lifestyle and give away excess. Those people seek you for employment. Provide for them!”

He’s providing for the rest of them. You need to do like that—eliminate debt. Live within your means, because guess what? If you’re in debt, you’re a slave to the lender. We have a sermon on that, “Slave To The Lender”—check it out! You don’t want to be a slave to that lender.

Working, and all your money is coming in, going to that person to pay that debt. No, it needs to be coming in; you have control of it. Then, you are using it to build the kingdom. Let’s go to Proverbs 22:7.

Proverbs 22:7 this is an excellent verse, I really enjoy it. “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.” Now, listen, realize what that says, “The borrower is servant to the lender.”

So, if you’re borrowing money from your credit card company, or you’re borrowing money from your bank, or you’re borrowing money from people, you are a servant to them.

You need to be a servant to God, so you need to work hard and eliminate debt, and you eliminate debt, now you can be a true servant to God, a good servant to God.

Now I’m not saying don’t use your credit cards, don’t use leverage—no. You need to use it modestly. If you use your credit card, great. Pay it off every month. Then you’re not servant to that.

You’re—it’s just like you’re using your own money. You’re getting front of the cash through credit, you’re paying it off every month, boom. You’re not outside your means, you’re within your means. You need to buy a house, I understand. You borrow the money, you have a mortgage, fine. Dave Ramsey has a lot about debt, you can watch his stuff if you want.

But you need to eliminate debt wherever possible. Try not to go too deep. Don’t go borrow tons and tons of money and take advance loans on credit cards, and you can’t pay it back, because now you are a servant or a slave to the lender.

God wants you to be His servant, so you need to work hard, you need to eliminate debt, you need to build wealth. Why? Because if you build wealth, you can build the Kingdom. Let’s go to Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes 2:26. It’s a little further in the Bible, so check it out. Ecclesiastes 2:26 says, “To the man who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness. But to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”

This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. Take a look at what it means! If you please God, He gives you wisdom, knowledge, and happiness. Okay, if you’re not pleasing God, to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. So, guess what? To the one who pleases God, you’re going to have wisdom, knowledge, and happiness.

You’ll also receive, freely, wealth from the sinner who doesn’t please God. They’ll gather, and store it up, and hand it over to you. God is going to bless you with more.

Work to please Him and build that wealth, because that’s what you’re going to get paid when you use your talents, and use your gifts—you’re going to build wealth, you’re going to eliminate debt, you’re going to build that wealth, and then do what?

Hoard it? No! Put it under your mattress? No! You’re going to build the Kingdom! You have to build the Kingdom! We have a sermon called “Money, God’s Way”—check it out. You need to be building the Kingdom. Let’s go to Proverbs.

Build the Kingdom. Proverbs 18:27. No, sorry, 28:27, Proverbs 28:27 says, “He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.”

So, once you are working hard, eliminating debt, and building wealth, now you need to start giving it away, anything over your modest lifestyle.

So let’s say you’re following, you’re giving God the first fruits or the 10th, the tithe of your labors, then you’re paying everything, you’re operating your life, you’re blessed, and you say,

“Man, we still have more money. Well, let’s start giving away 20 percent, or another 10 to people who are less fortunate than us—to churches, to ministries, to things that are also out there building the Kingdom,” because your job, or your gift, is making money.

And you say, “I’m going to build the Kingdom! If I can’t preach, I’m going to give to someone who’s preaching. If I can’t go to be a missionary, I’m going to give it to someone who is a missionary. If I’m not rescuing people from human trafficking, I’m going to give to people that are.”

You’re going to give extra money, extra things, extra resources, help to those who are building the Kingdom, and that is how you are building the Kingdom. Do you follow me? This is so important! Work hard, eliminate debt, build wealth, build the Kingdom, and finally, leave an inheritance.

We have a sermon series called “Leave An Inheritance”—check it out. Let’s go to a couple of verses. really quickly. Proverbs 13:22 says, “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”

Funny, it sort of correlates to Ecclesiastes. A sinner builds wealth, and it’s stored up for who? The righteous, meaning that the sinners think they’re going to have an inheritance for the children, and their children’s children, or they’re hoarding it for themselves, but eventually God’s going to take that wealth and give it to the one who pleases Him.

And then you need to use that wealth to provide for your children and your children’s children, your family, immediate family, and for the body of Christ, because they are your brothers and sisters.

Remember what Jesus says, “Who are my brothers, who are my sisters? I tell you, any of you who are a member of the body of Christ are my brothers and sisters, not just your biological family,” so when you say, “I’m not giving my money away to other people,” guess what?

Yes, you are, because God wants you to provide, not only for your own flesh and blood, your own bloodline, but also other members of the body of Christ.

So you need to be a good servant, a good steward of what He has given you, and use it to build the Kingdom, to provide for others. Less fortunate than you or not, you provide for other people in the body of Christ. You leave an inheritance for future generations. Let’s go to 1 Timothy 5:8.

1 Timothy 5:8 says, “If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

So for your relatives, brothers and sisters in Christ, also, especially, your immediate family, what’s the task? How do you be a good servant? You work hard. You use what God has given you. You eliminate debt because you don’t want to be a slave to a lender. You are a slave and a servant to God, to righteousness, as Paul says.

You build wealth because God is going to pour upon blessing and blessing. We have an entire sermon series, “Blessed To Be A Blessing”—I hope you check that out.

God will continue to give you more. Your barns will be filled to overflowing, your vats will brim over with new wine. You will not be able to store the blessings that God pours on you.

So you build wealth. Then what? You use that wealth to build the Kingdom. While you’re building the Kingdom, God’s going to continue to give you more. So, then make sure that you leave an inheritance to your future generations.

Now, this is also financially—you also leave an inheritance with them in terms of work ethic, in terms of knowledge, and wisdom, and understanding, and a good foundation of their faith and what they are to do, so you have things happening for them. Build the Kingdom, and teach them to do the same.

You follow those things and you will be a good servant. Of course, there is so much more—that’s why I encourage you to read the Bible and get in tune with God, so that He can reveal to you exactly what you need to be doing.

Let’s pray.

Lord, thank you so much for this powerful message. I know that so many people could struggle with this, but I ask that you just open up their hearts and open up their minds, so they receive this, that they know exactly what gifts you have given them, what talents you have given them, that they will use it.

That they will use it to work hard here on this Earth, that they will eliminate debt, and build wealth so that they can then use that wealth and build the Kingdom, that they will not stop at the build wealth part, and become greedy, but that they will build wealth with the idea and the effort and the goal of building the Kingdom.

And while they’re building that Kingdom, Lord, allow them to leave an inheritance for their immediate family, and their brothers and sisters in Christ. That You will take them through those steps, and help them be the best servant possible, so that they will never be a worthless servant.

But then when they get in front of You, that You will tell them those sought-after words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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I hope you have a great week—God bless!