January 27, 2023
Friday
Good Stewards
1 Corinthians 4: 1-2
22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
Theologians debate about the central theme of the Bible—like redemption, the Kingdom of God, and love. Another good candidate is stewardship—what scholar N. T. Wright calls “the covenant of vocation,” which God entered into with man in the beginning. God gave us creation as a gift; our vocation was to oversee it for His glory and to reflect His glory throughout the earth.
When it comes to stewardship, our thoughts usually turn to money. Financial management is certainly a part of stewardship. Regardless of how much money we have, it is by the blessing of God that we have any at all. Therefore, we are to use it in ways that glorify Him. But King David of Israel recognized that “all things come from [God]” (1 Chronicles 29:14)—not just our money, but our health, our gifts and abilities, our families and relationships, and more. So, stewardship is not just about managing money; it is about managing all that we are and have in ways that glorify God.
Think of all you have and all you are today. Consider how you can spend your life today so that it brings glory to God.
A point to ponder…
Stewardship is what a man does after he says, “I believe.”
W. H. Greaves
Read the Bible through in a year
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