What is biblical stewardship?
oil on wood panel (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) We are to give ourselves to God as living sacrifices. This means we are to give our time, our energy, and our very selves to Him as acts of worship and gratitude. But we must always be aware that God has given us these and all things . Biblical giving, therefore, is done in the context of stewardship , our management of the good things the Father showers upon us. We are to give ourselves to God as living sacrifices The concept of stewardship begins with creation. Creation is celebrated not only in Genesis but throughout Scripture, especially in the Psalms , where God's ownership of the universe is declared: "The earth is the Lord's , and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein" (Ps. 24:1). God is the author of all things, the Creator of all things, and the owner of all things. Whatever God makes, He owns. What we own, we own as stewards who have been given gifts from God Himself. God has the u