We continue our occasional series of explorations of the books of the Bible with the Gospel of Matthew. As part of this ongoing series, we’ll include one of our beautifully produced videos that highlight the key themes of that book of the Bible
God wants you to maximize your potential on earth. He seeks to do this by incentivizing what you do. He has laid out incentives for you to aim for during this time of kingdom stewardship. It’s only when you, as a kingdom steward, rightly position yourself in God’s kingdom program through the choices you make that rewards will be made available to you. These make up some of the key abundant life benefits that Jesus offers to His followers (John 10:10).
I love cream in my coffee. I never drink my coffee black. Whenever I pour myself a cup of coffee, I always add the white cream and mix it together. At that point, a union has occurred. I once had black coffee and white cream, but now I have brown coffee. If I take the coffee with me into my office, the cream comes too. If I take the cream with me into my den, the coffee comes too. Nothing can separate these two once they have been joined.
God demands humility if He is going to show you your calling in His kingdom. As long as you can do it all by yourself, you don’t need God. And if you don’t need God then it can’t be His calling because God’s calling on your life will always be greater than anything you could ever accomplish on your own.
All things operate for the purpose of God’s glory. Romans 11:36 says, “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.” As you may already know, amen means “so be it.” There it is. That’s it. God’s glory is the bottom line in His kingdom. It is His goal.