SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12

The Final Giant Faces The Issue Of Integrity Over Truly Being A Steward Of What Is Ultimately God’s

 Scripture: Numbers 13:22; Luke 16:1-14

The final brother of the sons of Anak is Tal-mai. Tal-mai in Hebrew means to terrace, furrow, bank, or accumulate. Perhaps the best example of this giant that sometimes surfaces is the parable of the unjust servant. In Luke 16:2 he was called to give an account of his stewardship, so he “…said within himself, ‘the pressure is on and what shall I do, I’m losing the stewardship. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. I know what to do, I’ll manipulate my way into places of favor.’ He called everyone of his master’s debtors, and he said, ‘How much do you owe?’ The first one said he owed ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ The master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly.” Jesus said, “…make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon (that means worldly goods), that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.” Verse 12 says, “And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own? No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” The final giant faces the issue of integrity over truly being a steward of what is ultimately God’s. Verse 14 says, “Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.” One issue with the final giant is our willingness to lay everything down and go for God’s purpose and plan. If we are willing to do that, then He will give us that which is our own. How committed are we? How much of what we have truly belongs to God?

Acknowledging what is in you-Phm 1:6

  I recognize that, every day, I count myself as dead. I die to the things of the world. I die to the things of the flesh, but I am alive to God. I am dead to sin.

Sin is not my friend; it is my enemy. It is not to be coddled; it is to be resisted, even unto blood. Sin is death. It is bondage. It is not my master, and I am not its servant.

I am God’s son, I am man’s servant, and I am the devil’s master. All power has been given unto Jesus, and therefore, since my life is hid in Christ, the authority and power of Jesus Christ is the power and authority that I walk in. It is not my authority. It is His authority, for it is no longer I that live, but Christ who lives through me.