God always seems to deal with me in themes. Lately, He’s been talking to me about my personal stewardship. Yes, part of personal stewardship is finance-related, but there are so many other areas that are often overlooked:
- Time ~ How do we manage it? What percentage of each 24 hour period is spent in front of the television? Reading our Bible? Praying? Attending to our spouse’s needs? In self-care? In self-improvement?
- Our Home ~ What does it mean to be a good steward of our home? I think part of the answer is found in Rom 12:13: “Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.”
This is an area I really need to work on. My home is very nice, but often it’s a struggle to keep it in enough order that someone could just drop by. Part of my personal stewardship goal is to spend a few 15 minute spurts tidying up my house each day. This idea came to me via The Fly Lady. If you haven’t heard of her unique approach check her website out at http://www.flylady.net/pages/FLYingLessons_Decluttertips.asp
- Our Body ~ Boy this is a real hard one for me. If you’ve seen my pictures, you know I am a very large woman. Yesterday, I was going through my wedding album. It saddened me to realize how much weight I’ve gained over the last 25 years. I’ve prayed about my weight often, but today as I was meditating on this concept of personal stewardship, it occurred to me that I am responsible for being a good steward of my body too. (I doubt this is an original idea, but it was a new, heartfelt concept for me). Again, the Holy Bible confirms this:
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” (I Corinthians 6: 19-20 NIV)
What areas of personal stewardship do you deal with?
I’d love to hear about it.
Let’s pray and encourage one another to excellence!