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Every true believer in Christ is a steward because God has committed resources into his care to advance the Kingdom. “It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2, KJV). The overall effectiveness of the Christian church at large is a function of the extent to which each believer exercises faithful stewardship with what God has placed into his or her care.
The main means by which God accomplishes His will on earth is through His people. Accordingly, He gives us the resources we need to fulfill His purpose. God giving us what we need to be successful is one thing. But exercising faithful stewardship through those resources is another thing.
A vital goal of every local church should be to equip and to challenge her members to be good stewards of the resources God has blessed them with. Some church members may regard that exhortation as meddling or getting into their business. But it’s the role of the church to equip and to challenge her members. Moreover, there is a limit to how much Christians can grow through church attendance and reading their Bible and prayer. To maximize their spiritual development, they must involve themselves in serving the Lord.
We serve God through serving His people. He gives us resources to utilize for the sake of pouring into the lives of others. It is only when we faithfully do that that we are exercising faithful stewardship.
