Weekly Scripture 12-1-2024

Answer:

This comes from Luke, but where?

__:__He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

*I want you to think about this for a moment: in the overall view of things on this earth we are not really here for that long of a time, just take a look at James 4:14. God makes us stewards of His property here on this earth. Everything that we have, from our houses to our clothing will either be thrown away or will belong to someone else after we are gone some day. So many people focus their time on material distractions in this world. It is best to think of the things that have been given to you as instruments to be used for God's glory. Stewards that are faithful here on earth with the things God entrusted to them will be rewarded with even more responsibilities in Heaven.

Weekly Scripture 11-24-2024

Answer: Genesis 39:20-21

This comes from Genesis

__:__-__And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

*God's plan, His timing, and His method is always right for us and His purpose is the absolute best. I was part of a machine shop apprenticeship program in high school. The idea was simple: there was coursework that was done at a school, then you went to a job site where the people that managed the apprenticeship placed you. When they placed me they found the darkest and blackest shop in all of Greensboro, NC and I will admit that I was not too happy about my placement. However, I did not have any choice in the matter and it was good that I did not have a choice. I learned more in that shop about machining that prepared me to take better jobs later on and eventually paved the way for me to save enough money to go to college. After working there for about 2 weeks I began to listen to the other students in the apprenticeship tell about their experiences at the places where they were put and it sounded like to me they were not given much machine work to do; they mainly did jobs like take out the trash. They would ask me about what I had been doing and I would tell them that I had been running a lathe or mill and describe the parts I was making, they would look at me like they could not understand. I quickly realized that I had a better deal than I thought. Sometimes God puts us in some places we really do not want to be and gives us tasks that we might not really think we want to do, but they are for our own good and part of God's plan. Joseph was placed in a prison, but he trusted God to lead him through it all the while knowing that God had a purpose for it all happening. This is the way that Christians are to approach the situations that God places them in whether they are good or bad: Praising God, Trusting God, and Working for God.