The Attitude of Stewardship is Gratitude

(Genesis Chapter 1)
God is the author of Stewardship. God created Adam and Eve after he created the Earth. In all these verses in Genesis 1: 3,6,9,11,14,20, 26…God spoke and God created.

God speaks, God does… and in order to understand Stewardship, we must understand ownership, and the ultimate Sovereignty of God. God gave man and woman the responsibility to manage his creation. All is God’s property, see Exodus 19:5; Psalm 89:11; Psalm 50:11-12; 1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 1 Corinthians 10:26.

We own absolutely nothing. Psalm 24:1: The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Our Heavenly Father is the absolute owner of ALL. God supplies it, and allows man/woman to manage it. We must ultimately answer to God about how we are doing. If our hearts are proud or if we forget God, then we can fall into the great misconception that it has been My power and My strength that has gotten Me where I am. Remember God blesses us and gives us the ability to be who we are and to do what we do. (Job 23:13) …God does anything he wants to do… for all is His.

Our attitude of Stewardship must be one of gratitude. We as the Church of Christ need to praise God and thank Him without ceasing. Do not fall victim to PRIDE, which displays ingratitude and independence. Our best response is to humble ourselves before the Lord our God and Worship Him with our time, talents, tithes and offerings. We have an abundance of need in our world today. Let our gratitude attitude SHOW!

June 2007 Source: Principles of Christian Stewardship – Dr. Anthony Evans