Let's take a closer look at what Stewardship is, and how it works.
Being an effective Steward is more than just "baby sitting" or watching over God's and other people's stuff. It requires work on your part to nuture and increase the value of what you have been entrusted with to watch over.
Example 1 - When you deposit money in a bank or other type of financial institution, you expect the that institution to be an effective Steward and invest your money wisely so it increases over what you originally deposited. When they do, you reward the bank by leaving your money in the bank and depositing more. If they don't, you withdraw your money and invest it elsewhere.
Example 2 - If you rent an apartment the Landlord expects you to be an effective Steward, keeping it clean and not damaging anything. If you do, you get to renew your lease when it's up or get your deposit back should you decide to move. If you don't keep your apartment up you may not be able to renew your lease or get some/all of your deposit back.
Example 3 - God entrusts us with children and expects us to nuture and raise them into young men and women of God, so when they are of age and we in a sense return them to God, they are more then when they were born, ready to do the work of the Kingdom.
So being an effective Steward requires work on your part, knowing what you need to do to increase the value or worth of what you have been entrusted with, and then doing it. And it's the same with the financial blessings God entrusts you with, including how you manage it, spend it and invest it.
We'll take a look at how you learn what you need to do to grow the blessings God bestows upon you in the next Post.
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