THE ULTIMATE STEWARD

YESTERDAY MY INTENTIONS WERE TO SPEAK ON STEWARDSHIP FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT AS I BEGAN THE LORD LED ME IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, WHICH LED TO " WILL THE REAL WICKED AND SLOTHFUL SERVANT PLEASE STAND".

SO TODAY I WILL ATTEMPT TO SHARE WHAT THE LORD SHARED WITH ME YESTERDAY, BUT WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SHARE UNTIL TODAY.

WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING THE LORD REQUIRES OF US, WE CAN REST ASSURED THAT HE NOT ONLY DOES IT HIMSELF, BUT HE UNDOUBTEDLY DOES IT AT
A FAR SUPERIOR LEVEL THEN OUR FINEST OF EFFORTS CAN PRODUCE.

AS I THOUGHT ON MY RECENTLY PASSED DAUGHTER, I THOUGHT ON HOW SPECIAL SHE WAS TO ME AND OUR FAMILY.

SHE WAS UNIQUELY TALENTED, CARING, FUNNY, GIFTED, LOVING, AND EXTREMELY PERSONABLE, WHICH HAD ME THINKING WHAT A WASTE THAT THE WORLD NO LONGER HAD HER HERE TO BLESS US WITH HER PRESENCE.

IT WAS AT THAT TIME THE LORD WHISPERED IN MY SPIRIT THAT NOT AN IOTA OF HER SPECIAL UNIQUENESS HAS BEEN WASTED, THEN HE PROCEEDED TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME.

GOD ALLOWED ME TO SEE THAT THE PAIN AND SUFFERING ENDURED BY HER WHILE ON EARTH WAS FOR HER MAKING, AS WELL AS THE OTHER EXPERIENCES HER LIFE AFFORDED HER.

HE THEN ASKED ME HOW COULD HE BE JUST IF HE ALLOWED US TO LIVE AND DIE ON THIS EARTH TO FORM SUCH BEAUTIFUL SAINTS AS MY DAUGHTER WAS, ONLY TO ALLOW THE FINALLY FINISHED PRODUCT TO NEVER BE ENJOYED, OR IMPACT OTHERS, OR EVEN GOD HIMSELF AGAIN ?

THIS WAS WHEN THE LORD INSTILLED IN ME THE FACT THAT HE IS THE KEEPER OF SOULS, AND JUST LIKE WE ARE TO STEWARD OVER ALL ENTRUSTED TO US, HE LIKEWISE DOES THE SAME WITH THE SOULS ENTRUSTED TO HIM.

IT THEN BECAME PLAIN, THAT IF GOD SIMPLY ALLOWED THE SUFFERING FOR THIS EARTH HE BE A TORTURER, AND NOT A SAVIOR, BUT HE IS A SAVIOR BECAUSE THE SUFFERING IS DESIGNED AS AN ESCAPE, NOT DESTRUCTION.

THE LORD BEING A WISE STEWARD WOULD NEVER WASTE THE SOUL THAT HAS ENDURED THIS WORLDS PAIN, SUFFERING, TEST AND TRIALS TO MATURITY, AND COMPLETION IN HIM AND THEN DISCARD IT.

THOUGH I AM STILL VERY MUCH GRIEVING, AND MOURNING MY DAUGHTERS LOSS, I GAINED A NEW MEASURE OF UNDERSTANDING, WHICH BRINGS A MEASURE OF PEACE WITH IT IN RELATION TO MY DAUGHTERS PLACE IN CHRIST.

SO OFTEN WE HEAR TAUGHT, AND PREACHED AT FUNERALS THAT TO BE ABSENT FROM THIS BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD, WHICH IS TRUE.

NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I GENERALLY HEAR A GREAT EMPHASIS BEING PLACED ON THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF OUR EARTHLY BODIES, AND HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EACH OTHER IN HEAVEN, WHICH IS ALSO TRUE.

2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONISHMENT: TODAY I REALIZE THAT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEN MY SEEING MY DAUGHTER AGAIN AND RECOGNIZING HER PHYSICALLY, THAT SHE WILL VERY MUCH STILL HAVE HER PERSONALITY WHICH WAS COMPLETED AND MATURED IN CHRIST PRIOR TO HIM CALLING HER HOME.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO NOT SEE HER, BUT HEAR HER TALK OR LAUGH, AND BEFORE I TURN AROUND KNOW THAT IT IS THE VOICE OR LAUGHTER OF MY DAUGHTER THAT DISCUSSED ISSUES WITH ME, AND RODE MY BACK HORSEY STYLE.

THE JUST LORD HAS PRESERVED, AND STEWARDED WELL OVER HER AND WHEN REUNITED WE WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON CONVERSATIONS AS THOUGH WE NEVER HAD AN INTERRUPTION.

WHY WOULD HE SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME ON EARTH TELLING US TO L,OVE ONE ANOTHER ONLY FOR US NOT TO LOVE EACH OTHER IN ETERNITY ?

HE WOULDN'T !

ONCE SAVED OUR SOULS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE ULTIMATE STEWARD, PRESERVING US FOR HIS GLORY, BUT DUE TO HIS GOODNESS ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE TOWARDS US SO WE CAN CONTINUE LOVING EACHOTHER FOR ETERNITY.