Your Fiduciary Duty To God - Friday Praise & Pray (for others) September 6, 2024

Have you ever heard of the term fiduciary duty? It simply means that a person has a responsibility to do everything within their power to best serve the interests of another. Sometimes an individual has a fiduciary responsibility to an organization such as their employer. Likewise, the reverse can be true whereby an institution has a fiduciary duty to individuals such as a law firm's duty to do things in the best interests of their clients. This issue is very serious and a person or business can be sued for failing in their responsibility. The consequence can be a legal judgment costing millions.

Fiduciary duties are equally important to God. The Bible is littered with the numerous duties He has to you. Covenants He made to protect you, advance you, and heal you, etc. He also expects a fiduciary duty from those who say He is their God. Especially since you gave your life to Christ and thus committed to be more like Him and less like ... you. And if you pay attention to the way Jesus lived His life, you will see He understood He took His duty to serve God seriously. You are to do the same.

And you can faithfully and fiercely serve His interests in the territory He has placed you. That territory may be your workplace, your school, your neighborhood, or elsewhere. Your role is to serve as His representative and further His interests there.

This requires that you distinguish yourself as His child so others come looking for what you know (the answer being God Almighty). He may call on you to regularly fast and pray to protect God's purpose in your territory. Or, God may need you to act as His witness, testifying to others about what He's done for you. He may have put you in a location for the benefit of everyone there or because of a specific individual.

Do you know why God has put you in your family? Do you know why He placed you in the job He gave you? How about in the neighborhood you live in? None of these things happened randomly. Everything about your life is ordained to serve God's purpose but if you don't stop to seek His wisdom, you will fail to faithfully honor your fiduciary duty to Him and the people He planned for you to bless.

Many of us are experiencing difficulties in life because we've failed to realize that our success is not for our benefit but for God's glory. That problem you faced until God sorted it out, for instance. He didn't do it solely to make you more comfortable. He also did it so you would regularly tell others and encourage them to taste and see that your Lord is good. You'd prayed for months for a job and then you got it, for example. He didn't work that miracle just so you earn a check and have the lifestyle you have always desired. He placed you there so that you can be His instrument of light, dispersing the darkness through complete submission to Him.

Too many want God's gifts more than the Giver and His expectations. And if you consistently and unrepentantly fail in your fiduciary duties to Him, you run the risk of stepping outside of the fullness of life He promised to His faithful. Never forget the caveat contained in Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Yes, God is working things out for the good but only for those who love Him and are living in their Kingdom Identity - in their calling - for His purposes and not theirs!

If you think you are not yet serving God's purpose within the territory He placed you in, it is time for a course correction. Ask God to reveal how you are to satisfy your fiduciary duty to Him. Read your Bible and fast for revelation. If you know what He wants from you but have been stubborn, do not risk losing the promise contained in Romans 8:26 and other scriptures. Things may be comfortable right now but if God determines that, like the one-talent servant, you are not producing a profit for Him, then don't be surprised if the comforts you currently enjoy disappear. Please take God's interests seriously. Put them above your own so your blessings increase Matthew 6:33).

God has placed His word higher and more significant than His name according to Psalm 138:2. This means you can call on His name as much as you like but it is His word that really moves Him. Honor His word, bring Him profit from the talent(s) He has given to you by protecting and serving His interests in the locations He has placed you. Honor your fiduciary duty to Him and He will Honor you even the more.