As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God's many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor]. 1 Peter 4:10
Stewardship is an effective management of another person's resources...A person who manages another person's business or estate is regarded as a steward. A steward is one who has sold out all about himself in working for another unto worthy accountability... Critical and thorough research of our essence and purpose of living is encapsulated in the term STEWARDSHIP🎯.
Stewardship has created a lot of opportunities for service to serve one another to God's glory. The diverse gift ( healing, prophecy,words of wisdom,words of knowledge, discernment) in which you walk in,was handed to you as a steward to fulfill a purpose not for you to form a boast..
BASIC CHANNELS OF STEWARDSHIP
• STEWARDSHIP THROUGH OUR LIFE;
Who essentially is the life you live as a Christian? 🤔.. For I have been crucified with Christ,it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me (Galatians 2:20a). Till we come to that full realization of this truth,we can not give full yielding to be used.
STEWARDSHIP THROUGH OUR GIFTS.
•Every child of God has at least a gift from God for service,( 1 Corinthians 12:4-11) ....Because you fail to identify your gift, that which has been handed over to you, you fail to effectively disseminate act of service..May God help us🙏
STEWARDSHIP TROUGH OUR SUBSTANCE:
• That high earning job you are priding on, have you ever asked yourself, who employed you? Who gave you the job? I guess No, you haven't,and you keep neglecting the place of offerings,act of charity just like Dorcas, hospitality like Abraham....Ohh may God help us🙏🙏
STEWARDSHIP THROUGH OUR TIME:
• We have made ourselves lord over time schedules that we rarely or do not have time for our maker, remember it was with his time,he made you...( Mark 13:33, Ephesians 5:16)... I will advise you make the most of your time while it's day for night cometh..Do everything at it's time,for any time wasted by a Christian must be redeemed, sometimes with the cost to your life,time not used well is partly spent in evil. Remember what happened to David when he failed to go to war,but remained back in his house...Go...reach out to dying and wasting souls,watch and pray....In (Acts 18:24-26) we saw how Aquila and Priscilla took their time and expounded Apollos more accurately in the word of God notwithstanding he knew the scripture but to an extent....They gave in their time for follow up and counseling. There's more,,,I tell you there more..
A GOOD STEWARD;
• must be devoted and humble
• Acknowledge his place of submission
• Acknowledge his place of accountability
• must walk in sincerity..
• effectively identify and utilize resources....
This is not just for you to read and feed your eyes, if you have not been doing it well or getting it right, START NOW!!!.
It's a call for you and a call for me, just like the prodigal son, There are many ships to effective walk with God, but the best is steward-SHIP.... God help us🙏🙏
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