Past Sermon

Make Your Life Count

*Sermon by Pastor Ricky Sarthou
(Christ's Commission Fellowship, Philippines)

The life you’ve been given is a precious gift from God. God wants you to make your life count and He shows you how. The Parable of the Talents found in Matthew 25:14-29 provides us with a pattern to follow for a life well-lived.

Proclaim everything comes from the Master.
We are not the owner of our life, but simply a steward. Jesus Christ, our true Master, decides how much or how little of His property He intends to entrust to each of us (vv. 14-15). We tend to believe that the material possessions, the relationships, opportunities, the influence, time and money truly belongs to us. They don’t. When some of these things are withheld from
us, we get upset. Job, when faced with the greatest tragedy of his life, reacted differently. He said: “Naked
I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” (Job 1:21)
Job proclaimed everything belongs to his Master.

We may not have the same circumstances in life but we should neither compare nor complain. The love of God is the same for all His people. God’s promises are equally true to all of His people. He may have different plans for each of us, different number of days to live, but His love and intentions for us are the same.