This is Felicia Ferguson with Christian Mix 106, helping you build faith for the journey.
Have you ever had your socks absolutely blessed off? Maybe it was a promotion, an article about you in a well-read magazine, or even an unexpected money windfall. Hopefully, you praised and thanked God for the blessing. But then what did you do? What happened as you lived in that blessing?
Stewardship is more than a money-raising campaign in church or even regular titheing. It’s how you manage not only money, but it’s the care and management of your life, your relationships, and yes, even your blessings. We steward our lives by eating right, exercising, decreasing our risk-taking tendencies. We steward our relationships by prioritizing them and nurturing them with time and love. Stewardship keeps both healthy and helps them grow.
But we should also be mindful of stewarding God’s blessings in our lives. If it’s an unexpected financial windfall, how should you spend it? Should you go out and live it up with your friends until the money’s gone? Or should you pay down your credit card debt or mortgage or put it in your child’s college fund? If the blessing was a promotion you’d been praying for, how did you react? Did you crow to anyone who would listen about your success? Did you spend even more time at the office trying to prove your worth to the boss who promoted you? Or did you balance the new responsibilities with your home life and humbly do the work God provided for you?
The Apostle Peter wrote in his first letter, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” So the next time you receive a blessing, do a heart check and ask God how the blessing can be stewarded best.
This is Felicia Ferguson, thanks for listening to Christian Mix 106.