DIVINE RESPONSIBILITIES Must Be Treated As Such!!!

If we want God to take us seriously and commit serious things to us, we also have to act responsibly and take the ones that He already committed to us seriously. If we do not exhibit a sense of responsibility and maturity God would not commit serious things to us? Even if He did, He may not be doing us a favor because when the time comes to give account, as it would, then we would be found wanting and will have to suffer the consequences. Whatever God commits to us; business, wealth, talent and even role; should be considered divine and must be taken seriously so one can deal responsibly. We also have to be mindful of the fact that there’s always someone watching to learn from us how to deal with the things of God. It is better to opt out of taking on divine responsibilities than to make a mess of them causing the things of God to be disdained. Today in church, we want the gifts and places of honor yet we want to deal in the way we feel like. No! You shall be called to account.

1 Corinthians 4: 2 “Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.”

Proverbs 31: 1 & 4 “The sayings of King Lemuel contain this message, which his mother taught him…It is not kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave alcohol.”

It is true that we live in a very permissive society today but not so with God’s kingdom; in Christ our liberty is within predefined limits. Permissive as society is, it still has expectations of people in certain roles; otherwise Americans would not have made a huge fuss about President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky for example. Well, God obviously has expectations of us which He thinks is not too high a price for us to pay. The thing about God is that He does not compel you to take on these responsibilities and/or gifts so that if you choose to accept them, then you must be willing to pay the price and He will enable you to do so. If we ourselves don’t know these things, how can we teach our children?

Galatians 5: 13a “For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature.”

1 Corinthians 8: 9 “But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.”

Please let us not play with holy/divine things. The bible refers to these things as pearls which God will not cast before swine. Swine there is anyone who enjoys dirt so much they don’t know to separate precious things from dirt. They would inevitably bring the name of the Lord to disrepute in the process and against such shall God express His displeasure. One of our problems in church today is that we the adults/parents are confused and no longer know what is sacred from what isn’t. How then can we teach our children how to manage spiritual responsibilities? Remember that Lemuel’s mother taught him the way of successful leaders; what are you teaching your children?

2 Peter 2: 2 - 3 “Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. In their greed they will make clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.”

The Philistines died when they played with holy things; Aarons’ sons also died when they tried it. People are still dying today albeit spiritually. In Acts of Apostles, the sons of Sceva who tried to make a joke of spiritual things got the beating of their lives from a possessed man. We must show ourselves responsible if we want God to take us seriously.