"The
earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in
it." (Psalm 24:1)
The
word, stewardship, simply means to manage someone else's property. For the
Christian, as Scripture proclaims everything belongs to God, we manage the
property of our Lord. Since everything belongs to Christ, we need to have the
attitude and view that our things are His things, our stuff is His stuff, that
all we could have now, all we have lost, all we will have, is His, including
our very bodies and spiritual gifts. We are mere lessees of the property,
money, relationships, talents, time, and even our lives. That means all that we
are and all that we have are not really ours to begin with. They belong to God.
So, the duty of the Christian is to learn how to become responsible stewards of
our Lord's resources entrusted into our care. It means to manage everything to
the best of our abilities for His glory.
-- from the Francis
Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership
#3525
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