WHEN STEWARDS BECOME OWNERS

1 Corinthians 4:1-2 “Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

Our world today is far from what we desire it to be. As I sat reflecting on what is happening today in our world and how we treat what is in our possession what comes to my mind is that instead of stewardship we have become masters of what the creator kept us in charge off.

We have “colonized” resources to an extent that we possess the power to determine who gets what and who should not receive anything. After doing all that we then turn around to ask questions as to why some other people lack certain resource or are suffering.

God in His own wisdom know what the inhabitants of a world that He decided to make will need at any point in time. As a result of that foreknowledge He provided what will be enough for all. However, the irony is that a majority of our world are not getting what they should have or need and a few are having more than they need.

The question then is why? Because stewards of what God has provided have become owners of what He has provided. Indeed, the excess you are about to throw away was actually meant for a neighbor who is struggling and if possible crying allowed that he/she is actually interested but you have pretended not to hear or notice the neighbor’s cries and struggles.

Our hearts have even become such hardened that we no longer even think about what is happening to our next door neighbor and all we are concern about is “me” “I” “mine” individualistic life. If God did not have in mind a good atmosphere of fellowship and a united and loving community he would never had talked about multiplication.

I am not going to talk about how Christians who are supposed to know better and behave differently are contributing to this situation of inequality in this write up but watch out for it soon.

I am just trying to give us a reminder that God put us in this world and by the position of where we come from, or are located, or have access to, He has placed us to be stewards of his provision for our world and He expects us to diligently watch over them as well as see to it that those that are for others which we have the privilege to watch over will be shared with them.

Be blessed as you reflect, criticize and pick up some thoughts.

Samson Abukari