Approaches to Whole Life Stewardship

I did an assignment regarding several approaches to stewardship. Four approaches included self centered, self sacrificing, good intentioned, and biblical. I found myself laying in the biblical approach most of the time, with the exception of the money area. I find myself leaning more towards the saving aspect of money, rather than having a better balance between making, giving, and saving. I feel like it is very important to save "for a rainy day", because it seems like we have had a lot of those lately. The problem is that in my quest to save some money, I might be neglecting the opportunities Christ is presenting me to further his kingdom with my income. Lord, grant me the wisdom to know when to save and when to give!

Blogging about Stewardship

Stewardship is a very important task in the life of Christian. The giving of your money, your time, and your gifts and abilities is crucial to the life of the church as we know it. I for one believe in giving sacrificially; I have found very often in my life that I have never been out of things that I needed. I certainly have been not able to attain things that I want, but God in his infinite power and grace has blessed me far greater than anything I could ever do on my own. I believe with all of my heart that I am blessed that much because I commit to give what belongs to God first before I give what I feel I "deserve" for my work. Several times in the Old Testament, a variety of authors state "The Earth is the Lord's, and everything in it." It is important for me to be willing to give back what truly belongs to God in the first place. That is what stewardship is about.