So I'm reading through the Old Testament right now, cause I finally have a study bible, which means that things actually make sense haha. Woot! I'm currently in Leviticus, and as I was reading Leviticus 19 today, something stood out to me. Leviticus 19:9-10 talks about how the Israelites aren't supposed to harvest the grain along the edges of their land or pick up any of the crops that fall to the ground, so that the poor and foreigners could have a means of survival. In the study notes it mentioned that part of the reason for this was a reminder that God owned the land; the people were just the caretakers. Honestly, first thought was, "Dang . . . how often do I hold on to things, pretending that they're mine?" I can be pretty selfish, guys. True story. I so often forget that everything I have isn't actually mine - it's Gods. I'm just the steward. We're all just stewards. Stewards of the earth, stewards of our gifts & abilities, stewards of our bodies, stewards of our money, stewards of our time . . . One of my favorite verses that denotes this is 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. Psalm 24:1 is also a good indicator of this: 1 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. Right from the get-go, we were called to be stewards: Genesis 2:15 My mind immediately went to Lord Denethor - AKA the Steward of Gondor. I think we can all agree: he was an awful steward. He became greedy and tried to take that which didn't belong to him. He didn't want to let go of what he was given to watch over. Seriously, how often do we do that? I know I do it a lot. God gives me time, and I want to spend it doing things that I want to do. God gives me money, and I don't want to spend it on things that I don't seem fit. God gives me abilities, and I don't want to use them for things that aren't appealing to me. Now, granted, these aren't always my reactions - God has done a lot of growth in me through the years. But still, it happens far more often than it should. It shouldn't be like that. God gives us time, we should spend it glorifying Him. God gives us money, we should be willing to give it freely wherever He wants it. God gives us abilities, we should use them to glorify Him and further the kingdom as best we can. Colossians 3:23 God owns everything, we are His stewards. Lets not be like the steward of Gondor, trying to take what was not rightfully his. We all know how that turned out . . . . Matthew 25:14-29
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