ARE YOU A GOOD STEWARD OF GODS MONEY

 

STEWARD..... A person in charge of household affairs

And the Lord said who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household to give them their portion of meat in due season

(LUKE 12:42)

this chapter speaks of different ones having stewardship over their households. Someone who tends to their affairs I want us to focus on “his Lord shall make ruler over his household” & go to Prov.31 with me

27. she looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness

    the virtuous woman is a married woman therefore she is the steward of her home , she doesn't have a maid if you will but making sure everything is is taken care of & that the needs of her family are met

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might

(Ecc.9:10)

Being a good steward of our money doesn't necessarily mean we don't have it, or can't afford something

Being a good steward of God's money is simply changing our thought process from can't to can , from get it to do I need it

as it was getting near time to go to the grocery store, *thought*do we go to the groc. Store because we need to or out of habit? I recently came across a blog post about eating from the pantry/fridge/freezer, now we all say it .. there's nothing to eat, I began to give this some thought, yes I could go to the store, yes I had the money to go to the store

so I decided to be a good steward of God's money in this matter of buying groceries, & began to look deep into the pantry, the fridge & the freezer, I seen beans lots of beans lol, staples such as flour , sugar etc., a few eggs, 1/2 of a rotisserie chicken etc. the link I referred to suggested that you make a list of everything that's in the pantry/fridge, freezer & plan meals around it, to my surprise I got eight meals from what we had,three of which we had leftovers

*chicken-n-rice, chicken-n-dumplings,egg salad club,pancakes & bacon, stuffed eggs, sausage gravy & biscuits

*biscuits, cornbread

*peanut butter & choc.chip cookies, lemon cookies ,choc.cake with home canned peaches

what did I gain from doing this? Beside the fact it was fun putting our heads together to see how many meal arrangements we could actually come up with, it goes to show we are far more blessed than we realize

A good man obtaineth favor of the Lord but a man of wicked devices he will condim

(Prov.12:2)

Deut.6:18 tells us that if we do that which is good in the sight of the Lord, it will be well with us and we will process the good things the Lord has for us, we can look around at our circumstances & truly say my cup overflows with his blessings

(Prov.23:5)