2026

Similarly, we don’t wait until we see the final victory before we give God the praise. Any initial mark of breakthrough should be an occasion to worship God.

To be a faithful steward, learn to handle every task prayerfully. Prayer will neutralize opposition to your task. It will also give you wisdom to handle people and situations.

Today, and the next several days, we will talk about faithful stewardship, drawing lessons from Eliezer.

Here, the patriarch meant contact should not lead to contamination. Beyond the realm of marriage, believers ought to bear this in mind, that though we are in the world we are not of the world.

Firstly, businesses must be conducted in the presence of witnesses. We made reference yesterday to Boaz who got married to Ruth in the presence of ten men of the city, apart from his kinsman who declined to marry her.

One business lesson is this: conduct your affairs in the officially designated place.

These many positive traits of Abraham reflected in his business dealings. He took advantage of no one.

In Abraham we come across a number of lessons about the way to conduct business; and this will be our focus today and the next couple of days.

Faith does not mean having the full picture of issue at hand; it means obeying God with our little steps within the limits of present light, while trusting Him to fix the rest.

God can accommodate us in our season of ignorance, but He has no provision for rebellion. David knew the danger of sinning with knowledge, so he prayed: