Effiective and Productive

Adding to our faith in obedience goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and love. If we possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep us from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. To be effective and productive, we as "stewards" are those who can effectively and efficiently use the resources that God has given to us according to His will. How will we steward what our Master has placed in our care? We Christians will have equal opportunity to be successful but not everyone would be successful according to God's will and plan. "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (Gal. 6:9) As James said in 1:12 "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." Reading 1 Timothy 4 explains that Christians must choose their priorities carefully like an athlete as to have disciplined lives forgo some desires that may hinder doing God's will and please God as you are after God's own heart. "An athlete who aspires to win the coveted prize does not indulge himself" (J. Oswald Sanders). Prosperous in God's perspective is very interesting because He has a unique plan for each of us and He will not treat all of us the same way. No one can be like Solomon and if you read each biblical characters, you will find that God treated each of them differently according to His will and plan.