INTRODUCTION
God’s sufficiency is not a license for carelessness—it’s a call to stewardship.
FOUR THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT PRESERVING GOD’S SUFFICIENCY
1. God’s Sufficiency Is Abundant But Not to Be Wasted
2Chorintians 9:8, shows us that God is able to provide more than we ever need.
▪︎ Not for us to misuse, neglect, or despise.
▪︎ God provides but we must preserve what He provides.
Christians can receive God’s blessings yet lose them through:
▪︎ Neglect
▪︎ Mismanagement
▪︎ Ingratitude
▪︎ Lack of discipline
▪︎ Unwise decisions
What God gives in abundance must be handled with responsibility.
2. Preserving God’s Sufficiency Means Honouring What God Provides
We must intentionally preserve the blessings of God:
▪︎ Preserving your spiritual life through prayer, the Word, and obedience (Jude 1:20–21).
▪︎ Preserving relationships God brings into your life (Proverbs 27:17).
▪︎ Preserving opportunities instead of wasting them. (Ephesians 5:16).
▪︎ Preserving resources instead of living carelessly, wasting resources. (Proverbs 21:20).
▪︎ Preserving your calling and gift by using it faithfully (1Timothy 4:14). The more you use your gift, the sharper it becomes.
God’s sufficiency becomes visible in our lives not just when we receive, but also when we manage well what we receive.
3. When We Preserve God’s Sufficiency, It Multiplies
▪︎ What the disciples preserved (12 basketsful) became the basis for more ministry.
▪︎ What you preserve today becomes what God can multiply tomorrow.
▪︎ When you preserve your character, God promotes you.
▪︎ When you preserve your resources, God expands you.
▪︎ When you preserve your relationships, God enlarges your influence.
▪︎ When you preserve your opportunities, God gives new ones.
▪︎ When you preserve your spiritual life, God empowers you.
God trusts multipliers, not wasters (Matthew 25:14–29).
4. Preserving God’s Sufficiency Is Proof of Gratitude
▪︎ Gratitude is not just saying “Thank You, Lord.”
It is showing respect for what God has given.
▪︎ Gratitude must produce stewardship.
▪︎ Preserving what God gives is saying:
“Lord, I honour Your provision. Nothing You give will be wasted in my hands.”
CONCLUSION
God supplies, but we must steward.
God provides, but we must preserve.
God blesses, but we must be faithful.
▪︎ Every blessing from God deserves care, honour, and responsible use.
▪︎ When we preserve God’s sufficiency, we position ourselves for greater provision.
🙏 Prayer Points
▪︎ Lord, thank You for Your abundant sufficiency in my life.
▪︎ Father, give me wisdom to manage every blessing You entrust to me in Jesus’ name.
▪︎ Deliver me from every habit of wastefulness in every area of my life in Jesus’ name.
▪︎ Lord, make me a faithful steward over the resources and relationships You bring into my life in Jesus’ mighty name.
▪︎ Lord, let nothing You give me be wasted in my hands in Jesus’ mighty name.
▪︎ I receive grace to handle abundance with humility and responsibility in Jesus’ mighty name.
▪︎ Every opportunity I have lost, missed, wasted, or misused before, Father, recalculate for me in Jesus’ name.