![]() There a few examples of stewardship we can grab onto from King David, and 1 Samuel 17:20 shows us two of them -the message translates this verse this way: This is “reigning” language that reveals-you have been given an earthly kingdom to steward because you are human. Fill the earth and subdue, possess and use, it. ![]() With a creative mind, powerful words, and able hands, Adam and Eve’s (mans) initial job-“Work” and “Keep” the Garden -and their ongoing vocation is to: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28. Through Adam and Eve, the first stewards, man is also given a specific pursuit in the Bible- stewardship of the earth. Give him something to do with his mind, words, and hands-life.īiblical stewardship begins with Adam in Genesis 2:15 : “The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”.Form man with my hands and breathe life into him.Seeing these stewardship examples from the Bible and disciples of the past will hopefully help you connect some dots in the good steward life you are currently involved in… because it’s beautiful. Stewardship is complicated-like your life. The opposite of possession with use is also a part of good stewardship: ![]() You are a good steward when you learn how to possess and use, appropriately. These two words have helped me understand the meaning of stewardship more than any other:
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