Steward :: to manage or look after another's property

Are you being a good steward with  all that God has blessed you with? 

Some want a new house; do you take care of the house that you have already been blessed with?  Some want a new car; does your car look as if a garbage truck pulled up and dumped a load of garbage in it? 

steward ::  to manage or look after another’s property

Everything that we have in this life we have because the Lord has allowed us to have it.  Everything in this world is His. Colossians 1:16, John 1:3  We are simply managing it…or being a steward of it.

How many times have we, ourselves, told our children that until they take care of what we’ve given them, we won’t give them more?  It the same with our Heavenly Father. Take care of what God has given you.  Don’t squander your money on frivolous things.  Are you helping to take care of the poor?  Deuteronomy 15:11, Proverbs 29:7, Proverbs 14:31

If He’s allowed you to run a business, run it to the best of your abilities.  If He’s allowed you a car, take care of it…whether it’s a new car or new to you.  Our attitude about how we steward things will show in the way we take care of whatever it is the Lord has allowed us to have.  If your car, house or yard is a pit, maybe you don’t really value what the Lord has given to you.  How can you expect to be given more?  Joel Osteen told of places that he has visited in Africa.  They were only huts that people lived in…unlike the homes that we live in…which could be considered mansions to someone living in a hut.  Anyway, he said that even though they had floors of dirt, the places were spotless. 

Take care of what the Lord has allowed you to steward no matter how old or how new, small or large it is.  Our Father in Heaven truly wants to bless us.  Be a good steward.

Do all that you do...

Do all that you do as unto the Lord.  Even when man is not satisfied with your best efforts, remember that God is pleased with you and your best efforts.  Keep your standards to a high level of excellence…as Jesus’ standards were pretty high when He gave His life for us.  He gave His all for us…let’s not take that for granted!

Don’t confuse perfection with excellence.  None of us are perfect.  The only perfect person there ever has been is Jesus.


Because of His abundant love for me, I want to do everything I can to be the best person I can be.  That means relying on and trusting in Him to be all that He created me to be.


I strive to be perfect but settle for excellence because I know that no matter how hard I try, I will still make mistakes, whether I make a wrong decision, have an accident or commit a sin.  For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  Romans 3:23 (Not all wrong decisions or accidents are sins.) The beauty of this is that even when I do make a mistake, have an accident or sin, God still loves me as much as He always has and always will…no more…no less!  God IS love!  His love knows NO bounds!

So, I will continue to strive to be the best that I can be.  I will not let those around me pull me down when I make a mistake...after all, like you, I’m human.  As long as I know that I’m working the best that I can so as to be pleasing to the Lord, I know that is the best I can be.  No need perfectionism here…just excellence for my God.