Redeemer Church Mauritius
Stewardship: Stewarding Our Treasure - Carlo Casaleggio
We have all entrusted something of ours to someone else, believing that they are going to care for it as though it were their own. If you lend someone your car and they damage it through misuse, you would be very unhappy about that. If you pay for your child to go to university, but they spend their time drinking and partying and failing all their subjects, you would be very unhappy about that. We expect people to treat those privileges and those blessings with respect and with responsibility. The bible puts it like this in 1 Corinthians 4:2 – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” God has implanted in every believer a desire to give. Some respond, and some don’t. We may be afraid to: afraid we won’t have enough; afraid we’ll have to give up something we enjoy. But God did implant that desire. Everything belongs to God. We are not owners but stewards, managing what He has entrusted to us. How we use what we’ve been given reveals where our hearts truly are.
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Redeemer Church Mauritius
Mauritius
Sunday 9:30 AM
- 1 Kings 10:14-16, 18-20, 22-27
- King Solomon was blessed with incredible wisdom and wealth, but over time, his heart turned toward accumulation.
- Yet God had warned Israel’s kings not to multiply wealth, horses, or wives, lest their hearts be led astray (Deuteronomy 17:16-19).
- Solomon's desire for “more” eventually drew his heart away from the Lord.
- The Macedonian believers showed what a surrendered heart looks like. Though suffering severe trials and extreme poverty, their overflowing joy welled up in rich generosity. (2 Corinthians 8:2)
- They gave not reluctantly but urgently, even beyond their ability. (2 Corinthians 8:3-4)
- Their generosity flowed not from abundance, but from grace and devotion to God. (2 Corinthians 8:5)
- Paul explains the foundation for true generosity:
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” – 2 Corinthians 8:9 (NIV)
- Giving is not driven by guilt, pressure, or recognition. It is a response to Christ, who gave Himself for us.
- Grace changes our hearts so that generosity becomes joy, not duty.
- Generosity goes beyond money—it touches all of life. A giving heart asks:
- Do I serve others with my time, even without being asked?
- Do I share possessions freely without expecting return?
- Do I help the vulnerable quietly, without seeking recognition?
If not, we must start by giving ourselves fully to God. Out of that surrender comes joyful, sacrificial generosity.
In 1946, Eddie and her sisters saved sacrificially for a church offering, only to find the money was intended for their own struggling family. Rather than keeping it, they gave it to a missionary need. They realised they were rich, not in possessions, but in Christ. Like the Macedonians, they showed that wealth is not measured by what we keep, but by what we give.
God has implanted in every believer a desire to give. Some respond, and some don’t. We may be afraid to. Afraid we won’t have enough; afraid we’ll have to give up something we enjoy. But God did implant that desire. If the grace of Jesus Christ has saved us, we are already spiritually equipped to give as God wants. We know about grace because of God’s grace given to us. It’s simply a matter of responding and carrying out what God is doing in our lives.
