Sunday (September 22): "Who will entrust to you the true riches?"

Scripture: Luke 16:1-13

He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. And he called him and said to him, `What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.' And the steward said to himself, `What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.' So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, `How much do you owe my master?' He said, `A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, `Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' Then he said to another, `And how much do you owe?' He said, `A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, `Take your bill, and write eighty.' The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light."

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations. "He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is anothers, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

Reflection:

Tagdajeg man hinoon nan master an ija maldito na manager bisan inhidunggan na nija na duro na an nahimô nan ini na kabulastugan sa ija negosyo!

Sa taghimô na desisyon nan maldito na manager na tagpa-minusan nija an bayranan nan mga may utang sa landowner, mokita pa gihapon sila duha kay puwerte man kataas gajud an inkarga na ginansiya nija.

Ugsâ na segurado an landowner na mokitâ pa gihapon ‘sab sija bisan tagminusan na an mga utang, sanan mokita pa gihapon an maldito na manager.

Sumetido an landowner sa abilidad nan manager dili kon tungod sa ija pagka-malimbungon kondili kon tungod sa ija marajaw na pangagpas sanan disposisyon.

Demudo, marajaw an ija papel sa ija agalon sanan marajaw ‘sab an ija relasyon sa mga may utang sa ija agalon, dili pa kon apil an pagdajeg nan mga may utang sa landlord kay noubos na man an ila bay’ranan.

Ugsa kono, laong pa ni Lord Jesus, na mag-establisar kita nan marajaw na relasyon sa atô isigkatawo sa bisan uno na pamaagi kay para sa pag-abot nan egsakto na panahon, sila ra sab an makatabang datô, hilibina sa atô relasyon nadto sa atô Father God sa kahimayaan.