1Ⅰ Matthew 24:45-51 reveals that we must be faithful in service in the Lord’s commission to give God as food to the members of His household so that we may win Christ as our reward in the coming kingdom:
2A God has a household and a household administration, an economy, to dispense Himself as food to the members of His household for His expression — 1 Tim. 1:4; 3:15; Eph. 2:19.
3B God has set faithful and prudent slaves over His household as household administrators, stewards, channels of supply, to give His people food at the proper time — Matt. 24:45; 1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 3:2; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10; Phil. 1:25.
4C Give them food refers to ministering the word of God and Christ as the life supply to the believers in the church; Christ as the life-giving Spirit is our food, embodied and realized in the word of life — Matt. 24:45; John 6:57, 63, 68; Acts 5:20; 1 John 5:16:
51 In order to enjoy the Lord as our spiritual food so that we can feed others, we must pray over and muse on His word, tasting and enjoying it through careful consideration — Eph. 6:17-18; Psa. 119:15; Ezek. 3:1-4.