Good morning! I hope your week is off to a great start and that your weekend was refreshing.
How many of you used to watch the TV show McGyver? McGyver seemed to escape every trap, quandary and difficult situation through the use of the common, everyday objects that were near him. There wasn’t hardly anything he couldn’t put to use.
My dad has always been that way too. I remember as a kid, him teaching me to make a radio with a used pharmaceutical bottle and copper wire. He was always inventing, creating and modifying using things that were normally found around our house.
This thought brings me to the following verse from Proverbs:
Proverbs 12:27 (NLT)
Lazy people don't even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.
Recent studies say that the average American generates 4.4 pounds of garbage per day. We unfortunately live in a throw away society. Disposable diapers, disposable batteries, single serving meals…the list goes on.
We have, as a society, moved away from being good stewards of all that has been given to us. We readily choose convenience and instant gratification over resource management and diligence.
Each of us has things in our lives that could be put to better use. Maybe you have some clothes that could benefit a family in need. Maybe that old car could serve a family that has no transportation. Maybe with a little thought and creativity, some of that junk in your storage room could find new use and purpose in some other way.
This week ask God to make you the best steward of all that He has given you. Ask Him to give you new ideas and new uses for the things that have long since fulfilled the original purpose. And as you mother used to remind you at the dinner table…you may not need it, but somewhere in the world someone in the world would love to have that very same thing.
Until next Monday, may God’s richest blessings be yours this week.
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