Stewardship--
A
Way of Life
Stewardship is about relationship. First our relationship with God, from whom all blessings flow. In right relationship, we put God at the very center of our being. With God at the center, every other relationship settles into its right place, including:
Our relationship with our
time, talents and treasures.
We don't own our time, it's given to us to use wisely as we walk on the
earth. Most people find it easy to think of time in this way, but it's
harder to think of talents and treasures as things we don't own, aren't
entitled to and have no right to hoard.
Our relationship to the
earth. The earth is God's, and produces an abundance of the
essentials for our lives: Food, water, air, resources for keeping warm
and building shelter. The earth belongs to God but is entrusted to us to
use. Stewardship involves thoughtful consumption of resources so all
will have enough and the processes that sustain life will not be harmed.
Our relationship to
others. Jesus commanded us to love God first, and then our neighbor
as ourselves. In a world where greed, anger, hatred and selfishness
abound, Stewardship calls us to embrace God's love more fully, that we
may embrace others.
Stewardship is a journey.
Like all faith disciplines, Stewardship takes awareness, prayer and
practice. This website is devoted to inspiring and equipping Christians
to walk that journey.
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Luke
12:15
Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all
kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his
possessions."
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those
entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who
have been given a trust must prove faithful.
