The Top 5 Things God Calls You to Steward — and Why Money Comes Lastഉദാഹരണം

Introduction

If you’ve been around church for a while, you probably think you know what stewardship means.

You’ve heard the sermons. You’ve seen the offering envelopes. You’ve been told to give, to budget, to be generous – and maybe you’ve even tried to honor God with your finances. That’s good. But what if that’s only one small part of what stewardship actually means?

What if stewardship includes far more than your money?

In the New Testament, a steward isn’t just someone who manages wealth. A steward is someone entrusted with something valuable – something that doesn’t belong to them, but that they’re responsible for. And that is much more than just your bank account.

So here’s the challenge of this reading plan: let’s broaden our understanding of stewardship as Jesus intends it to be. Not just money, but all of your life. After all, it is what the Bible calls us to:

“Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” – 1 Corinthians 4:2 NIV

And that’s what this journey is all about — becoming faithful stewards of the things God has placed in our care.

Over the next five readings, we’ll explore the Top 5 areas of Christian stewardship:

• The gospel — how you live and share the good news
• Your relationships — how your influence affects those around you
• Your time – how you invest the hours you’ve been given
• Your talents and spiritual gifts – how you serve the Church and the world
• Your finances and resources – how you use what you’ve been given

These five areas are not random. They’re presented in a specific order – an order that reflects their biblical and eternal significance.

The order in which these five areas are presented will likely surprise you. Most of us assume money is the top priority. But as we walk through each of the following readings, we’ll uncover why Scripture points us toward a very different ranking – one that starts not with our wealth, but with our witness.

Each reading will explain not just what stewardship is in that area, but why it matters, and why it holds the position it does in the list.

Because stewardship isn’t about checking boxes or impressing God. It’s about being faithful with what’s in your hands, in your heart, and in your life.

It’s about seeing everything you’ve been given as a chance to say “yes” to Jesus.

So if you’ve ever thought stewardship was just about giving money… let this be your invitation to think again.

Stewardship isn’t just about what you give. It’s about how you follow as a disciple of Jesus.

In fact, stewardship and discipleship are deeply connected – two sides of the same coin. One expresses what the other believes. Together, they shape a life that is fully surrendered to Jesus.

Let’s begin.