For too long stewardship has been a quiet thing, often thought of as something only between “me and Jesus.”  Silent stewardship is less than faithful.  In a desire to not want to seem “holier than thou” or that we are trying to make ourselves look better than we really are, we miss out on a powerful component of stewardship of the Gospel.  Silent stewardship isn’t as contagious as visible stewardship.

A steward can’t keep silent.  Faithful stewardship is always about Jesus.  But to hide the stewardship of the light of the Gospel under the bushel basket of false humility is not good either.  As faithful stewards today, we visibly live out our stewardship in such a way that points to Jesus.

The message of Jesus and the righteousness He has won for us is a torch that burns brightly in our sin-darkened world.  While not talking about amounts and effort in stewardship, it is about pointing to the sufficiency of Jesus and His stewardship of His life, death and resurrection for us.  As we live as faithful stewards of creation and joyfully crediting it all to the Lord, others see it.  In this, they too will see Jesus and His righteousness for them!  We can’t keep this quiet!

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