Let's Be Wise Stewards!

Bible verse : Luke 16:8 (NIV)

"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly.
For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

There was a very rich man in a village.
This rich man took his possessions and lent them to those in need.
The villagers went to this rich man and borrowed money and borrowed grain.

This rich man had a steward. He trusted this steward and let him manage all his property. The owner entrusted everything to him, trusting that the steward would take good care of his property.

But one day, the owner heard the news he didn't want to hear.
“Hey, do you know? The steward of your house, whom you trusted, is wasting your property as he pleases.” The owner was shocked to hear this.

Upon hearing this, the owner checked what the steward had done.
And he found that his steward had wasted his fortune. The owner was very angry.

So he called the steward who wasted his property and said, “How dare you do this to me? Now I can no longer use you as my steward, so in a few days you will have to settle this matter and cease stewardship of my house.”

The evil steward, who was told by his master to quit the stewardship, realized that he was in trouble. “Since I am old enough to do farming, I have no strength and cannot work, so I am really ashamed of others.”
From then on, he began to weave his wisdom on how to live his life.

After thinking about it for a while, the steward came up with a good idea.
“Yes, because I am still the steward. I need to win people's hearts.
Then, even if I am removed from the stewardship, they will help me. ”

The steward, who thought of a plan he could live with, rushed to work.
The steward called all those who were indebted to his master.
“How much do you owe our master?” “Yes, I have a hundred gallons of olive oil.”
"Oh yeah. Then write fifty gallons on your deed.”

Another was asked how much he owed. “A hundred bushels of wheat,” the steward replied. “Your document is here, so write eighty bucels.”
The steward forgave people's debts greatly. The transaction book was also rewritten accordingly.

This steward did it to prepare for the time when he was kicked out of the stewardship. It was because he thought that when he was fired from the stewardship and had no place to go, at least the people who had their debts forgiven would not ignore him and help him.

People whose debts were forgiven by stewards without knowing why were very grateful to their owners. Upon learning all of this, the master admired the wisdom of his steward, who had won the hearts of others to make his own way.

The master called his steward. He praised the steward greatly for making friends of others by using the master's wealth to make a living for himself.

This story was told by Jesus. There is a reason why Jesus told his disciples about unjust stewards. It is so that even those who do not know God can realize that they are using wealth well for their own survival.

After speaking, Jesus spoke to his disciples. “Make friends with unrighteous riches. Then, when the riches are gone, they will welcome you into eternity.”

The words of Jesus are telling us that those who can be praised by God in       heaven are wise people who use everything entrusted to them properly           according to God's will.
It is because when we go to heaven, we will be highly praised by God for his good deeds.

Friends who believe in Jesus must be those who wisely use the things God has given to them to please God. When such people later go to heaven and stand before God, they will receive great praise from God.
We need the wisdom of faith to help those in need with the money God gives us and to enrich others with what we can do.
Such a person will later become a man of faith who will be highly praised by Jesus when he enters the kingdom of heaven.