The Walk Ministries

2085 Lynnhaven Parkway

Suite 106 #514 

Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Steward Your Gift

August 18, 2022

Overview

I wanted to continue on the teaching I have on Instagram@https://www.instagram.com/reel/Chci-LlsSzv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

All of us have been blessed with some gifts. Some of us find out early what giftings are and some of us find out later. Some of us have been blessed with beauty, finances, hospitality to mention a few. Some of our gifts are inward some are outward there are many combinations of gifts, talents that are natural or supernatural. 

Heart

If our heart is not ready or mature enough and even then it does come down to free will, our gifts, talents can be a hindrance or a stone that trips us up if we are not careful. What do I mean? Let’s say you are a beautiful woman/man. The temptation may be “well I have to use what I got right?” “ I have to use what my Momma blessed me with”. So this worldly thinking can lead to a  life of porn, prostitution to mention a few. This is not what God intended you for. Or it could be finances. Suppose you accumulate a lot of money. The temptation here could be “ I earned it, therefore it’s all mine”. Another example we could use is voice. A lot of talented singers start out in the church and then they go secular and the enemy ends up using their voice instead of God. See how what should be and is a blessing can trip us up if we are not a good steward of it.

It happened before

In the beginning there were 4 kingdoms.

1. God
2. Angels
3. Animals
4. Plants

Lucifer was created as the most beautiful Angel. His job was to release revelation and to lead worship. He had instruments built into him.

Ezekiel 28:13-17

13

Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Note: The enemy was in the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden. God was in the garden of Eden. Everyone partook of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Satan did it, Adam did it, Eve did it and God did it. But the difference is God is the only one to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and STILL CHOOSE GOOD! God was trying to be a filter for Adam and Eve. He did not want them to know about evil. He wanted to protect them. We do the same to our children to this day! Do we not! We teach our children good, not bad and this was on the heart of God to be their filter for Adam and Eve. 

Note: Lucifer was so beautiful, I see him as a spoiled brat. We see here he had instruments built into him. Tabrets. This is alluding to him creating/leading heavenly worship. And if he’s leading then that makes him an Archangel. Now scripture never states this outright but scripture also never mentions the word “Trinity” but yet we know today God is a Trinity.

14

Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Note: Lucifer was made perfect. So he can’t blame God for what happened to him. Also no one was there to tempt Lucifer, think about it. He made the choice himself and it was the wrong choice of course. You see angels get one chance to get it right. They don’t get repentance, Only we do! Don’t you feel special! You should!

Now going back to the kingdoms, there were 4 kingdoms and one day Lucifer noticed the lights of men that were inside God. Which was us! We existed inside God before the foundation of the earth. I always say women before you were pregnant, God was pregnant, where do you think it came from! Remember spiritually, we were spirits.

John 1:4-5

4

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Note: You can’t conquer what you don’t understand, amen! We were those lights of men/women.

James 1:17

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

In this, Lucifer could not handle and refused to handle this situation just like a spoiled brat. He didn’t want to play second fiddle to us. He now had knowledge of the 5 kingdoms and he would not accept it.

The 5 kingdoms are

1. God
2. Man
3. Angels
4. Animals
5. Plant

Note: There are no aliens out there but fallen angels. Another name for that would be demons.

17

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Note: There it is. His beauty, which was a blessing, tripped him up. And it corrupted his wisdom.

Take note

We can laugh and think about how stupid Lucifer is but we are faced with the same thing today! Will beauty cause your heart to be lifted up, or money, will it be friends? There’s so many things we can allow to get to us if we are not careful. 

Guard

We must guard ourselves and use wisdom. We must stay humble yet confident in our Lord Jesus Christ. The corporate world , people backstab each other, gossip about each other, step on toes to climb the corporate ladder.

God’s kingdom is different. The way up is the way down. Meaning we are to serve. It’s by serving we get promoted. It keeps the condition of our heart from becoming proud and lifted up.

Conclusion

1Peter 4:10:

1 Peter 4:9-10

9

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

10

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Note: I said hospitality earlier. Don’t fix someone something to eat or drink and say “Here!” with a grudge. You are erasing your blessing! Don’t pray for someone to be free from alcohol and then you get on the phone and you say “Well Bobby is still an alcoholic” You just erased your prayers! 

Don’t do it. Call it like you don’t see it, or don’t say anything at all. I would rather you say nothing than to say something negative. Good stewards take care of the gifts they have and they use them for the kingdom of God and not for darkness.

Alright saints let’s go out there and be good stewards amen. And if you just realized that you have been using your gifts for the enemy, to further the enemies agenda, repent right now. That’s the power of repentance is you can repent right now this very second.

Father God

Forgive me for using any words over myself or against others that did not bring you glory. Forgive me for not using the gifts you put inside me or using them in an unworthy manner. Wash me clean with the blood of Jesus Christ and this day forward I will use my gifts for your glory Father God. May I shine just as you have intended for me to shine in every way, in Jesus name I pray amen.

I truly love you all,

Pastor/Coach Jeno