Christian Stewardship

By Andrew Beasley     When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed. When you are discouraged thinking all is lost. Count your many blessings. The truth is that God has blessed us exceedingly abundantly beyond anything and anyone else. His love is immeasurable, His faithfulness is unending and His patience is everlasting. The hymn count your blessings is a hymn of encouragement and admonition, helping us to remember that even when the world is against us that God is faithful and continues to provide. Another hymn professes Him to be our strength and our shield. Yet everything that God provides us with is meant to be shared.     That is where the idea of Christian Stewardship comes into play. Don’t just count your blessings, but make sure to do what God would have you do with everything He has given you. Mankind was given stewardship in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15). Adam was responsible for caring for the living place that God had provided. In the same light, when God gives us something we are meant to treat it with respect, reverence and appreciation. Even more, we should be looking for the way to share God’s blessings with others.

- Andrew Beasley serves as a minister with the Northwest Church of Christ in Greensboro, NC. He may be contacted through the congregation's website: https://nwchurchofchrist.com/about/