ACCOUNTABILITY

Genesis 1:28-30
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

The Account of Creation

28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

29 Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

A steward manages the possessions of another. We are all stewards of the resources, abilities and opportunities that God has entrusted to our care, and each of us must one day give an account of the manner in which we have used them. It is humbling to realize that nothing we are or possess is really our own. The time, talent, material possessions and relationships we have been given are merely consigned to us by God for a few decades.

Have you developed a “stewardship mentality” – a growing awareness that you will one day give an account of how you have used the trusts you have been granted?