​“For behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”     Luke 13:30
 
Our standards in our society are so different from God’s standards.  We often rate or rank people by what they have, how powerful they are, or how successful they are.  Jesus reminds His Stewards that God will not judge us by the same earthly standards.

“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23
 
We are not very good at “denying ourselves” in our society. Our current economic situation is evidence of what happens when people think they can have everything they want. Jesus calls us to Stewardship where we set our own personal “wants” aside so that we have the resources to follow Him instead.

Prayer
That we as Christian Stewards learn to deny our own wants a little more so that we can more fully follow Our Lord’s example of giving and service to others.