Flourishing Life

“Stewardship – It’s not just about giving money, it’s about giving everything.” – Anonymous

The theme verse for the message series, "Trust," was Genesis 1:26: “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’” The word “dominion” is a Kingdom word. It means to rule or reign. God has appointed humans as his vice-regents in order to exercise his purposes, plan, and will in all creation. That’s an amazing thing to realize!

The vice-regent, or image-bearer, does not exercise his or her own will, but rather the will of the one in whose authority he or she serves. So the whole of the created order has been placed in our hands and we are serving God’s Kingdom with everything we are and everything we have. In this series of messages, we are considering how we use the precious gifts with which God has entrusted us, Time, Talent, and Treasure, for God’s will. We are Stewards of God’s gifts.

As we mediate on this incredible reality, I pray that we will more faithfully and fruitfully manage the God’s resources. We are so amazingly blessed and God wants to bless us even more and use what he has given us as a blessing for others so that the Kingdom of God will come and the will of God will be done on earth the same way it is in the realm of heaven. This is our true vocation.