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The Stewardship of Prayer
The Stewardship of Prayer
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From the Introduction:
Let us refresh the memory of the reader by recalling the meaning of stewardship. That is, it means that we owe something to somebody. Stewards are not working directly for themselves or investing their own capital; they are expected to invest the capital intrusted to them by someone else, faithfully to guard the interests of the one who chose them as stewards, and then give an account to him, of their stewardship.
Who is it, we ask, who has endowed us with the "capital" of prayer? What does it mean to invest this prayer ability? What gains does the One who has placed this remarkable capital of prayer at our disposal, promise, to those who faithfully become stewards of its power? Are we not, then, as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, under obligation to Him to invest more faithfully, in connection with this marvelous privilege of prayer? That is, we owe it to God to pray.
In other words are we not stewards of the astonishing dynamic of prayer, which He has committed to our charge? Are we prepared, then, to give an account to Him of the way we have invested in this capital? In view of the returns that He has promised to the one who invests in prayer, is there not a danger that our accountancy to Him of our stewardship of it, will be a humiliating confession instead of a triumphant report?
Instead of being able to say, like the steward of the talents in the parable, "Thou deliveredst unto me five talents of prayer, behold, I have gained for thee five talents more," shall we not be compelled shamefacedly to say, "Behold, I was given only one small talent of prayer, and feeling that it was of little account, I buried it in a napkin. Here it is, just as thou gavest it me."
Let us refresh the memory of the reader by recalling the meaning of stewardship. That is, it means that we owe something to somebody. Stewards are not working directly for themselves or investing their own capital; they are expected to invest the capital intrusted to them by someone else, faithfully to guard the interests of the one who chose them as stewards, and then give an account to him, of their stewardship.
Who is it, we ask, who has endowed us with the "capital" of prayer? What does it mean to invest this prayer ability? What gains does the One who has placed this remarkable capital of prayer at our disposal, promise, to those who faithfully become stewards of its power? Are we not, then, as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, under obligation to Him to invest more faithfully, in connection with this marvelous privilege of prayer? That is, we owe it to God to pray.
In other words are we not stewards of the astonishing dynamic of prayer, which He has committed to our charge? Are we prepared, then, to give an account to Him of the way we have invested in this capital? In view of the returns that He has promised to the one who invests in prayer, is there not a danger that our accountancy to Him of our stewardship of it, will be a humiliating confession instead of a triumphant report?
Instead of being able to say, like the steward of the talents in the parable, "Thou deliveredst unto me five talents of prayer, behold, I have gained for thee five talents more," shall we not be compelled shamefacedly to say, "Behold, I was given only one small talent of prayer, and feeling that it was of little account, I buried it in a napkin. Here it is, just as thou gavest it me."
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