Luke
16:1-8
Jesus
said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for
squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about
you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be
my steward.’ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master
is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig
and I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from
the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’ He called in his
master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my
master?’ He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here
is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’ Then to
another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred
measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one
for eighty.’ And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting
prudently. For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with
their own generation
than the
children of light.
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Reflection:
Mr. X is
a man of the world; he was materially successful and could practically buy
almost anything that he may want. He satisfied his cravings for the material
things of life that he totally forgot that he’s a person with a soul. After
enjoying the things of this world; his life came to a halt and he realized that
he was still empty deep inside notwithstanding his worldly success.
This is
the big danger that may come to the lives of those who are materially
successful there’s that tendency to drown with their worldly success. And
totally forget that they’re simply stewards of their material possession.
What is
the secret to a successful and fulfilling life? We must learn how to share not
only to share a small portion of what we earn. We must hugely share for we are
merely stewards with the things that we have. It’s not ours to own; we have what
we have right now because God blessed us with that for us to share it.
We must
not only share our material wealth, we must also learn to share our spiritual
wealth. Let us
all remember that we are simply temporary creatures of this world. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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