The Gift and the Keeping: Biblical Stewardship in Everyday Life
There is a word we don’t hear nearly as often as we once did: stewardship . We tend to hear it in church when someone is talking about money, giving, or tithing. And while stewardship certainly includes our finances, it reaches much further than what we put in the offering plate. Stewardship is how we care for everything God has entrusted to us . Our money. Our homes. Our possessions. Our time. Our talents. Our work. Our relationships. Our creativity. Our land and resources. Even the ordinary things sitting in our cupboards and closets. When we begin looking at life through the lens of stewardship, something changes. Instead of constantly asking, What do I want next? we begin asking, What has God already placed in my hands, and how am I caring for it? We Are Owners—or Are We? Our culture places a great deal of emphasis on ownership. My house. My money. My career. My talents. My time. Scripture gives us a different starting point. “The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof...