Entrusted By God With Sacred Responsibility

ENTRUSTED BY GOD WITH SACRED RESPONSIBILITY

Pastor Joel Bernardino – January 31, 2026

Many people come to God asking for blessings.

We pray for more time, more provision, more opportunities, more favor.

But what if God’s goal is not just to bless us—but to trust us?

What if every blessing we receive is actually a responsibility in disguise?

This brings us to a powerful truth:

God does not simply bless us—He entrusts us.

Everything we have—our life, time, resources, abilities, influence—has been entrusted by God.

And whatever God entrusts, He considers sacred.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2, “This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”

1. We are called to be managers of God’s resources, not owners of them.

Psalm 24:1, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”

The Bible teaches us that God is the owner of everything, and we are simply managers or stewards of what He has placed in our hands.

This means:

• Our money is God’s money

• Our time is God’s time

• Our abilities are God’s gifts

• Our opportunities are God’s assignments

We do not possess these things permanently.

God entrusts them to us temporarily.

Being a manager means:

We use what God owns according to His will

We follow His instructions

We give an account of how we handled His resources

When we live as owners, we ask:

“What do I want to do with this?”

When we live as managers, we ask:

“Lord, how do You want this to be used?”

Illus: THE RENTED HOUSE

When you rent a house, you live in it—but you don’t own it.

You can enjoy it.

You can take care of it.

But you cannot change everything according to your own desires.

Why?

Because it belongs to someone else.

In the same way, God has entrusted us with life, resources, and opportunities—but ownership still belongs to Him.

Illus: THE TALENTS (Matthew 25)

In the Parable of the Talents, the master gives resources to his servants and goes away.

The servants do not own the talents.

They manage them until the master returns.

The master does not ask,

“Did you enjoy the money?”

He asks,

“What did you do with what I entrusted to you?”

God will ask us the same question.

We do not own anything permanently—we manage temporarily.

The moment we think we are owners, pride enters.

But when we know we are managers, humility follows.

Stewardship begins with this mindset:

“Lord, this belongs to You.”

2. God has placed in our hands a sacred responsibility.

God entrusting something to us is an act of trust.

• It is a privilege, not a burden.

• He entrusts to us—time, gifts, influence, and resources.

• We must be handled with reverence and obedience.

Note: God could do everything Himself.

But He chooses to work through people.

God sees potential in us, even when we see our limitations.

• We can see our weakness.

• We can’t do our job perfectly.

• We often fail; we are just ordinary individuals.

• Yet He gives us sacred responsibility.

To be entrusted by God is an honor.

To be faithful is our response.

A sacred responsibility requires:

• Reverence – recognizing that what we handle belongs to God

• Obedience – using it according to His will, not our own

• Faithfulness – managing it well, even when no one is watching

When we treat God’s trust lightly, we dishonor the Giver.

When we treat it reverently, we glorify Him.

Illus: THE TEMPLE VESSELS

In the Old Testament, vessels used in the temple were set apart for God.

They were ordinary objects—but once dedicated, they became sacred.

When King Belshazzar misused them for a party (Daniel 5), judgment followed.

The lesson is clear:

What is set apart for God must not be treated as common.

Likewise, our time, gifts, and resources may seem ordinary—but because God entrusted them, they are sacred.

Illus: A SURGEON’S HANDS

A surgeon’s hands are ordinary—but in the operating room, they carry sacred responsibility.

Every movement matters.

Carelessness costs lives.

In the same way, God places responsibility in our hands.

What we do with our words, decisions, and actions affects lives and eternity.

What God entrusts is never ordinary—it is sacred.

• Your Money is a trust

Are you honoring God with the resources He has placed in your hands?

• Your Time is a trust

Are you treating your time as sacred or disposable?

• Your abilities are a trust

Are you using your gifts for God or only for yourself?

3. God does not demand perfection, but He does require faithfulness.