Caretakers

A man whilst walking down the road in his neighbourhood felt his pocket and could not find his purse. Suddenly, he realised that he must have left it at the laundrette a couple of minutes earlier. Immediately, he made his way back to the laundrette. On getting there, he saw the purse on one of the washing machines but as he was attempted to pick it up, another man at the laundrette did. The other man claimed the ownership of the purse. As a result of the claims of both men, a quarrel ensued and the police became involved.

The police then asked the first man to describe his purse and what he had inside. He said that the purse was made of brown leather and that he had a £5 note in it and a few coins. The other man was asked the same question. He said that the purse was brown synthetic leather and was manufactured in Brazil. Inside the purse he said that he had a £5 note folded in half, two £1 coins, two 50 pence coins, six 20 pence coins and four pennies. The other man went away with the purse because he knew in detail the exact contents of the purse.

Do you know that it is possible that you own something and still don’t know the details of what you have? Your body is a good example. You can claim that it belongs to you but still have minimal knowledge about it. The hair on your head is numbered. Do you know how many strands of hair that you have? It is not possible for you to know because it was numbered by God.

Luke 12:7 (New King James Version) “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows”.

1 Corinthians 6:19 (New King James Version) “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?”

Everything we can ever claim to have belongs to God. We brought nothing to this world and we are taking nothing out of it. I was having lunch at work one day when I suddenly realised that even the rice in my plate does not belong to me but to God. He made the rice to grow in the field. He provided money for me to buy the rice. He gave me good health to enjoy the rice.

1 Corinthians 4:7 (New King James Version) “For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?”
Your children also do not belong to you but to God. He had thoughts about them in his mind thousands of years before they were born. God has put them in your care to train them in his ways.

Psalm 127:3 (New King James Version) “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward.”

Jeremiah 1:5a (New King James Version) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you.”

Everything you have belongs to God. He has however made you to be a caretaker of them. Your life belongs to him and so you have no right to attempt suicide or even allow such thoughts to come to your mind. This is because you will have to give an account to God how well you have taken care of what he has given you.

John 3:27 (New King James Version) “John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.”

When you come to the understanding that you have nothing and that all things belong to God, you will not worry about anything. Everything you have, including your successes, your failures, the good, the bad and the ugly all belong to God. Your debts, worries, anxieties, fears all belong to him; he will take care of them if you allow him.

Psalm 55:22 (New King James Version) “Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”

Enjoy the blessings of God