2015 APRIL WEEK THREE LESSON

SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 2015.

WEEK 16

QUALITIES OF A STEWARD – DILIGENCE

Main text: Genesis 26:17-24

Memory Verse: 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12 “We hear that some of you are idle. They are not busy, they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat”.

Introduction

A good steward is diligent or hardworking. The Bible instructs everyone to work hard and feed himself. In fact, Adam was asked to till the garden, or be a gardener (Gen. 2:15). Hard work is needed at every level of life. God requires everybody to work very hard in catering for the resources he has entrusted into our hands. Good stewards are not shrewd, they apply themselves to hard work in readiness of the coming of their master. In our main text, we encounter Isaac and his servants who had to dig three different wells to be sustained. A good steward works hard, hence is always ready to meet his/her master, who in the case of Christians is our Lord Jesus Christ.

Discussion Questions

1. Where did Isaac move to? Gen 26:17

2. What did Isaac do to his father’s wells? Gen 26:18

3. How were the stewards of Isaac opposed? Gen 26:19-20

4. How many times did the servants of Isaac dig the wells? Gen 26:22

5. How ready was Isaac to meet the LORD? Gen 26:24

Conclusion

Lazy Christians are poor stewards. The wise man, Solomon says in Proverbs 18:9 that “A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things” (NLT). We learn from our study how the stewards of Isaac diligently dug three different wells due to opposition. They could have stopped after the first of the second but due to hard work and diligence, they dug a third one which was undisputed. Whether you are working for the government, somebody or yourself, you must see yourself as the steward of God. Endeavour to do better, by taking advantage of available training opportunities. We all need to be hardworking stewards for our Lord.

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