Stewardship is . . . a reflection of faith.

When we get something new we cannot help ourselves, but we have to go and tell everyone. New Christians are very much the same way, they just have to go and tell their unchristian friends about their new faith. Their new faith shines through in their lives.

When you get a new hairdo or hair cut. When you get new clothes and try them on, you want to go look at yourself in a mirror to see how you look. What is on the outside is reflected in the mirror so you can see yourself.

Mirrors do not reflect what is on the inside of a person, but the way a person lives, what they think, say and do does reflect what is on the inside. And how your respond to all God’s good gifts and blessings also reflects the faith that is in your heart.

Do you believe that everything you have is gift from God? Do you believe that just as God has provided for your every need up until this point in your life? Do you believe God will continue to provide for all your needs? Does your stewardship say this about you, or does your stewardship say that you do not believe God has or will continue to provide for all your needs?

Praise the Lord that He does not rely on our faith and trust to provide us with all our good gifts and blessings. Even when we doubt our Lord still provides us with all we need to support our body and life. God’s continual giving reflects that love that He has for us, so much that He sent His one and only Son to suffer and die for us. God puts faith in our hearts. He also moves in us by the power of the Holy Spirit to help us reflect our faith through our stewardship. We pray He keeps working on us.

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