10-24-21 Authentic Biblical Stewardship

If we consider the cost of discipleship against the reasoning of our sinful selves, the call of Jesus is impossible to follow. Even if we are good people, it seems that Jesus calls us to become something we can't seem to accomplish. To eat of his body, to drink of his blood...has Jesus called us to cannibalism? Thankfully this is not the case, but even the reality that He is to become the source that we draw from for life, that we are to be consumed by His indwelling in us, is something that seems to be no easier to do. When His followers departed, Jesus asked His disciples if, they too, wished to go elsewhere. Peter's response, "To whom would we go?", reveals the difference between faith in Christ's accomplishment vs. faith in our ability to follow. In Christ, we find the words of life, and in Christ, we find that salvation has already been secured for those who would believe. Perhaps that is the hardest thing to comprehend...

Stewardship refers to every aspect of life for the believer, but do we ever think of our spiritual confidence being a part of our call to stewardship? If every minute of our life was examined, would our life show that we were confident in the promises of Jesus Christ for our lives?  Jesus calls Himself, "The bread of life.", but what did it mean when Jesus called His followers to eat of His flesh and drink of His blood? Jesus tells the crowd who followed Him that the only work required for someone to receive the promises of God is, "To believe." What would it look like to believe in Jesus in such a way that it decided every word and the intent we lived each day. 

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