Stewardship Components: Introduction
Welcome to this brief series of articles examining stewardship components. Over the next five posts I examine five distinct components that form Biblical stewardship. Each post looks at what the component is, and what it means in the context of stewardship.
There are additional articles on the way that look at the Dangers and Responsibilities associated with each component.
Laying a foundation
To some, Biblical stewardship may be a nebula concept. Many are guided by assumptions about what it is, or is not. Some focus solely on its activity, neglecting its foundational truths. Or, perhaps this is your first time investigating what stewardship is all about for a Christ-follower. Whatever position you find yourself in, this series of articles is for you.
I separate stewardship into these five components to lay a Biblically accurate foundation which our stewardship activities can build on. It also develops our understanding of each component, and highlights if there are action areas for us to be faithful stewards.
What are the five components?
The image at the top of this post provides some cryptic clues as to the answer of this question. For thoroughness, and also to provide links to the posts as they are published, the components we believe make up Biblical stewardship are:
As each is addressed it is also illustrated using two parables Jesus told. These parables, found in Matthew’s and Luke’s gospels, use the activity of stewarding to illustrate Jesus’ teaching. As such they provide helpful references to illustrate each component. While references to each parable are in the coming posts, you can familiarize yourself with the entire narratives here:
What’s the goal?
The purpose of these articles is to develop your understanding of the underlying elements of stewardship. There may be new things to learn or familiar things to be refreshed with. Whatever the case, I trust they will be a blessing to you.
Ultimately, my prayer is that consideration of these components would bring about life change. This will not happen through my ability as a writer and presenter. It will come through the Word of God being used by the Holy Spirit. I encourage you to prayerfully seek Him and His will as you read these posts.
Remember too, the goal of every steward must be faithfulness to the one who has entrusted them with a stewardship. (1 Corinthians 4:2) Strive to attain this goal. The church needs more faithful stewards.
