What Does God Expect From Me (Matthew 24:45-46)

When it comes to my relationships with people, what does God expect from me?  I have heard many messages on this topic and each seems different from the others.  Their answers seem to reflect a combination of opinion and scripture.  If I am supposed to love God and live a life that pleases him, how should it be?

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?  Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.  (Matthew 24:45-46)

This passage reflects God's will for how we should treat and interact with those whom God has brought into our lives.  God has set each of us over a household.  Household does not necessarily refer to those living under the roof of a house.  It comes from the word therapeia, which is similar to the words therapy or healing.  Therefore, God has set each of us over a group of people and has given us the responsibility of providing meat or nourishment, which is what they need to heal as believers.  Healing from hurt, pain, sorrow, worry, and fear is what God wants to do in each of their lives.  God chooses to use people in his work and he requires that we be faithful in fulfilling our responsibilities in this work.  Our "household" may consist of our family, a Sunday school class or an educational classroom.  It can include coworkers, peers, neighbors and those in our community.  We have been given by God all that we need to provide what they need to fulfill his plan for their lives.

Those who conscientiously live recognizing this responsibility towards others and strive to be used of God to meet their nourishment needs for healing will be called wise and faithful.  Additionally, God says that they will be supremely blessed.  We must stop focusing on just one entity of our household, but instead focus on the whole.

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