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Stewardship of Christian Accountability: Fostering individual faithfulness, humility, and responsibility to position the institution for fruitful outcomes
As good and faithful stewards, we follow these principles of humility, faithfulness, and responsibility. This discipline of a good steward will result in fruitful outcomes. This discipline is critical as we continue to lead and grow the ministry where we are called to serve. We know that we are ultimately accountable to God and not to men. Again, in the book The Choice, we learned that obedience over time is the only path for producing kingdom outcomes, and fruitfulness is not the result of our strategic labors but rather the kingdom outcomes that flow from our obedience. This truth will continue to humble us—knowing that all results are not of our own doing but because of the grace and the promise of God. Being His good and faithful steward requires us to remain in Him.
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” (NIV, John 15:4)
In our calling to be stewards of God’s work here on earth, we go deeper into our posture that we will be accountable to the ultimate owner of all that we have and all that we have done. We know that all are His, and we are to grow and be wise in using what God has entrusted to us.
As we continue to journey in our ministries, let us be reminded to consistently go to God in prayer. We submit to Him and acknowledge Him as our Master. We begin with ourselves—the person that God has appointed and anointed to take part in the work of His Kingdom. Let us make an honest evaluation of how we have been leading our organizations. I hope this study will help us go through the process of reviewing what we have in our ministries. Consider implementing changes or improvements to align our processes and activities with God’s instructions. Let us ensure that we are able to implement strong entity-level controls, which include a sound control environment and consistent tone at the top.
We pause; we seek and pursue God and His will for the work that He has entrusted to us. God is requiring us to be faithful stewards. Our hope is that we will have the confidence to finish this race and be welcomed as good and faithful stewards.
