Would I have been a carpenter to take care of my family?.If I received gifts when one of my kids were three, gifts that would make it possible to not work ever again in my life : Mary and Joseph show the possession but not using stewardship principle in two straightforward ways:Ī convicting question arose for me after seeing this. Since these gifts were potentially worth millions of dollars, I find their complete use unlikely. Some say the gifts were “used up” to fund their journey to Egypt. Joseph and Mary possessed, but likely did not use, these gifts for themselves they stewarded them. When Jesus was around 3-years old, he received gold, frankincense, and myrrh from wise men. This reveals Mary and Joseph were one of the best examples of a steward.
When raising Jesus, Joseph was a carpenter. So Saul made him a commander over the men of war, an appointment that was welcomed by the people and Saul’s officers alike.”īefore most of the Psalms, before killing Goliath, before becoming King- from being responsible for sheep to delivering cheese, David embodied an ownership spirit.Ī key element of “Whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men.” Joseph and Mary “Whatever Saul asked David to do, David did it successfully. The NLT translation may show the “whatsoever ye do, do it heartily” ownership spirit a little more clearly: And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.” “So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. Īnother ownership example of David appears in 1 Samuel 18:5 : “Whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men” Colossians 3:23. “Arranging for someone to tend his flock,” ownership of the mundane-“whatsoever you do.”.
#A GOOD STEWARD CRACK#
“Up at the crack of dawn”-being a steward of his time.“David was up at the crack of dawn and, having arranged for someone to tend his flock, took the food and was on his way just as Jesse had directed him.” What are the lessons in stewardship from David? There a few examples of stewardship we can grab onto from King David, and 1 Samuel 17:20 shows us two of them -the message translates this verse this way: This is “reigning” language that reveals-you have been given an earthly kingdom to steward because you are human. Fill the earth and subdue, possess and use, it.With a creative mind, powerful words, and able hands, Adam and Eve’s (mans) initial job-“Work” and “Keep” the Garden -and their ongoing vocation is to: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28. Through Adam and Eve, the first stewards, man is also given a specific pursuit in the Bible- stewardship of the earth. Give him something to do with his mind, words, and hands-life.īiblical stewardship begins with Adam in Genesis 2:15 : “The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”.Form man with my hands and breathe life into him.Seeing these stewardship examples from the Bible and disciples of the past will hopefully help you connect some dots in the good steward life you are currently involved in… because it’s beautiful. Stewardship is complicated-like your life. The opposite of possession with use is also a part of good stewardship:
#A GOOD STEWARD HOW TO#
You are a good steward when you learn how to possess and use, appropriately. These two words have helped me understand the meaning of stewardship more than any other:
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