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Now, you may look at that list and think, “What’s wrong with that?” Don’t those things make you a good steward?

Hold on to as much money as possible, keep your savings account from being depleted.Try to be a hard negotiator to get the price down of EVERYTHING.Get the cheaper thing, buy the off-brand. (Because spending as little as possible was the real goal).Stretttttcchhh your money as far as you can. I think we all would agree that we should manage, oversee, administer, and dispense properly, what has been entrusted to us by God.īut here is where I was missing it: (in regards to money) This was MY definition of a good steward: This includes things such as: Time, money, possessions, family, friends, our health, and our church.Īnd this is true. We believe that as Christians, one of our main duties is to be a good steward, or manager, of what God has entrusted us with. The office of a manager or overseer, stewardship.Specifically, the management, oversight, administration, of other’s property.The management of a household or of household affairs.In the original text, the definition reads: Well, let’s take a minute and check out the definition of a “steward.”

Or, “I saved the church $200 by purchasing tables for the lobby from the thrift store, ya know, just trying to be a good steward…” We say things like, “He’s not being a good steward of God’s money by purchasing that brand new car, he should’ve bought a used one.” In most cases, we are referring to how we handle our finances. In the Christian world, we’ve all probably heard the term, “being a good steward.”