Stewardship is an important biblical word and vital Christian concept. Unfortunately, we usually think it refers only to money.
A steward is one who has been given the responsibility to manage or care for someone or something. He’s not the owner. The steward is simply the caretaker. He’s the manager of property belonging to another. As a result, the steward is accountable to the actual owner.
The Bible says that God is the owner of everything and that he gives humanity a stewardship to care for and manage his gifts. Our lives are to be comprehensively God-Centered. God owns everything. We do not. Everything is ultimately for God, not us.
In theory, this all sounds right and good. Few Christians would dispute it. However, the issue of stewardship being lived out is a perennial problem for believers. For example, when you read these verses, don’t you have a little something inside of you that wants to resist them? Or at least qualify them?
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