Entrusted: Your First 35 Days as a Steward

Day 6 of 35 · Week 1: Stewardship of Life

Saved for Something

There is a danger in talking about stewardship with new believers. It can start to sound like you have to earn your place with God by managing things well.

You do not.

Paul is clear. You are saved by grace through faith. It is God's gift, not something you earned, so no one can boast.

Your salvation is finished. Jesus did the work. Stewardship is not how you get in. It is how you live now that you are in.

Then Paul adds the next sentence: "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10).

Read that slowly. God made you on purpose. He saved you on purpose. And He has already prepared good works for you to walk into. You do not have to invent your purpose. You get to discover it.

That is what faithful stewardship really is. It is not anxious performance. It is grateful response. You manage God's gifts well because He has already given you the greatest gift.

Grace comes first. Good works follow. Never reverse the order.

Pray

Jesus, thank You that my salvation rests on what You did, not on what I do. I could never earn it. Let my stewardship be a grateful response to Your grace. Lead me into the good works You prepared for me. Amen.

Today's Scripture (NIV)

• Ephesians 2:8-10