Stewardship this is one of my scariest words in English along with accountability. If you think about it, it’s both frightening in the secular world as well as in the Spiritual realm. I’m not sure about you but for me – there’s nothing as bad as being entrusted a duty with all the resources and skill then you fail to deliver! Now, as if that’s the worst; just imagine how you shall account to God (the giver of all)? We have to agree that certainly God has given us all we ever needed, and through His word we clearly know our duty on this earth. No excuses – Luke 12:48 “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.”
A steward is a person who has been entrusted with administering someone else’s wealth or affairs. The possessions a steward controls are not his own and he does not have the freedom to do with them as he wishes. He is supposed to carry out the desires of the one who made him steward. A banker is a steward. He has been entrusted with other people’s money. He is free to invest that money wisely in a way that will benefit his depositors and stockholders, but would be sent to jail if he took all that money and simply consumed it upon himself. A steward is accountable (Luke. 16:2) to someone else for the use of that person’s money. The money does not belong to him even though it is in his possession.
Luke 12:42 “And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?” This parable, and other scriptures (1 Cor. 4:1; Ti. 1:7; 1 Pet. 4:10), describes every believer as a steward of God’s grace. The wealth, talents, and abilities we possess, as well as the revelation of God’s love that we’ve been given, are not our own to do with as we please. We have received these things from God and are therefore accountable to Him for the use or misuse of these gifts. Keeping this in mind is essential for fulfilling our obligation to God as stewards of His “abundant grace.”
No one will be able to stand before God on judgment day and say, “God is not fair.” He has given every person who has ever lived, regardless of how remote or isolated they may have been, the opportunity to know Him and His will. So if you haven’t began, it’s never too late…start giving back NOW!!
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Posted by taunetnelel on July 24, 2012 at 1:39 pm
You’ve got it right when you said stewardship is “scariest words in English along with accountability.” Maybe too often, we forget that God has only entrusted us with what we possess, that we are stewards as you have well described. We are not the true owners and are expected to use what is in our possession well.
I agree that no one can truly say that God was unfair. That leaves me asking myself, “Am I a good steward?”
Posted by Aggie Atieno on July 25, 2012 at 8:09 am
“A steward is a person who has been entrusted with administering someone else’s wealth or affairs. The possessions a steward controls are not his own and he does not have the freedom to do with them as he wishes. ” Thanks for explaining who a steward is.I am know functioning with the knowledge that all these this that God has freely given to me are not for my own , am accountable for what I do with them. stay blessed and God continue increasing you with grace.You are a blessing to His Kingdom.