No one really wants to hear a church talking about money. We shrink back from that guy on TV who just wants to upgrade his private jet at our expense or the church that only talks about money, keeping the books in the black at the expense of preaching the Gospel, but the stewardship of our money is a discipleship issue and we need the Gospel to speak into it. It’s a matter of the stewardship of our hearts, not just the stewardship of finances.

God owns everything and commands us to steward everything—including our stuff and our time. This seems obvious enough and we wouldn’t deny it out loud, but we rarely live it out. That truth speaks both to the lazy bum and the workaholic at once. How can we make the most of our time and resources while still keeping rest as a priority? More importantly, how do we glorify God in our stewardship of all that?