Called to Stewardship
1 Corinthians 4
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
– servant
– manager
– deacon
– laborer
– slave
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
Jim Collins
We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type
of leadership required for turning a good company into a
great one. Compared to high-profile leaders with big
personalities who make headlines and become
celebrities, the good-to-great leaders seem to have come
from Mars. Self-effacing, quiet, reserved...these leaders
are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and
professional will.
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
Muhammed Ali
“I want everyone to bear witness, I am the
greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever
lived.”
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
John Lennon
“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink.
We're more popular than Jesus now.”
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
Courtney Love
“I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature.”
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
Brian Wilson
“My I.Q. is 188. End of discussion, it's been
proven. Certified genius.”
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Stewards are not superstars
Kanye West
“My greatest pain in life is that I will never be
able to see myself perform live.”
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Luke 16:1–2
Now Jesus was also saying to the disciples,
“There was a rich man who had a manager
[steward], and this manager was reported to
him as squandering his possessions. And he
called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear
about you? Give an accounting of your
management [stewardship]....’”
Faithful Stewards
Anticipate accountability
Faithfulness is the standard!
not outcomes
not ability
not time served
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
Psalm 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
①Invest God’s gift of relationships
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
②Invest God’s gift of opportunities
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
③Invest God’s gift of talents
1 Peter 4:10
As each one has received a gift, employ it in
serving one another as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
④Invest God’s gift of treasure
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
⑤Invest God’s gift of time
Seneca
We are always complaining that our days are few,
and acting as though there would be no end.
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
⑤Invest God’s gift of time
Benjamin Franklin
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for
it is the stuff life is made of.
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
⑤Invest God’s gift of time
Henry David Thoreau
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
⑥Invest God’s gift of truth
Faithful Stewards
invest Wisely
①Invest God’s gift of relationships
②Invest God’s gift of opportunities
③Invest God’s gift of talents
④Invest God’s gift of treasure
⑤Invest God’s gift of time
⑥Invest God’s gift of truth
application
What stewardships
has God entrusted to you?
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