Understanding Stewardship

We are not owners, but stewards.  A steward manages and takes care of that which belongs to someone else.  In this regard, God owns everything, and as stewards we manage and take care for Him.  We have an obligation to be faithful in this stewardship

The Lord holds us accountable for the special responsibility of managing and taking care of the things He has given us.  This owner-steward relationship is thus very unique and it covers the following:

• our life (Acts 17:25, 1 Cor 6:19);
• our time (Ps 90:12, Col 4:5);
• our talents and abilities (1 Pet 4:10, 1 Cor 12:4-7,11);
• our possessions (Matt 6:19-21, Col 3:1-2);
• our finances (1 Tim 6:6-10, 17-19)

It is only when we give ourselves that we learn what it means to give some of the possessions God has given us.





Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng