This week we are privileged to have a guest blogger bringing a new two-part series.
Pastor Emmanuel Ngamenji serves as the head of Christ the Refuge Ministries in Douala, Cameroon. He operates by the core purpose of growing people for effective service unto God and humanity with the ultimate task of investing in human lives. Take a look at his in-depth perspective on stewardship:
Pastor Emmanuel Ngamenji serves as the head of Christ the Refuge Ministries in Douala, Cameroon. He operates by the core purpose of growing people for effective service unto God and humanity with the ultimate task of investing in human lives. Take a look at his in-depth perspective on stewardship:
Children in a marriage are God’s blessings and they serve in cementing the matrimonial home. They should therefore be brought up in the fear, knowledge and admonition of God.
HE seeks godly offspring….Malachi 2:15. We are partners with God (1 Cor. 3:9),in raising up a godly seed. What honor! He has placed on us. Therefore, it is important for us to know where responsibilities lie.
OWNERSHIP IS WITH GOD….Psalms 24:1 we are not owners but stewards. HE gives us richly all things to enjoy (1 Timothy 6:17), so, having kids and raising them, shouldn’t be an endurable experience; but, an enjoyable one. When we realize that they still belong to God, we can rest in the assurance that God also has ultimate responsibility for them. HE does care. Isaiah 49:15…says…”can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.”
- STEWARDSHIP IS WITH US….. We are not owners but stewards. A steward manages and takes care of that which belongs to someone else. God owns everything because HE created everything; but as stewards, we manage and take care of it.(Genesis 2:15)
We have an obligation to be faithful stewards…1 Corinthians 4:2 says…” moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.”We shall be held accountable; therefore we ought to be reliable, dependable and responsible.
We must understand this Owner – Steward Relationship; for HE is a God of order, and we mustn’t usurp His prerogatives.
One of the ways to activate God’s promises over your life is in proper stewardship…most especially over your children and household. This was the mark of distinction in father Abraham’s life…Genesis 18:19 says “…For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” Did you just see that?…what is it that was spoken to him? To better understand that, lets read the two preceding verses….”And the LORD said, ‘shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,….since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ‘For I have known him….’can this be said of you?
CAN YOU BE TRUSTED? ARE YOU BEEN TESTED? MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!
CAN YOU BE TRUSTED? ARE YOU BEEN TESTED? MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!
In His Service,
Emmanuel
This is so inspiring to all mothers and aspiring mothers. A child is a gift from God and should therefore be brought up in the fear of the Lord.