On Sunday’s broadcast ‘The Pioneer’s Tension’, I taught on the tension a pioneer experiences, between building and stewarding.
This thought was brought on by a series of conversions I was having with the Lord in my prayer time. After praying, I felt this in my heart, “it is one thing to build and launch but it is important to steward what you have birthed”.
I started looking at past projects and ideas that I had launched but I started to see the ways in which the Lord wanted me to take my stewardship to the next level.
The main scripture was taken from Matthew 25:14-30. The whole of Matthew 25 is somewhat convicting for me as I see it as a chapter that focuses on the following themes, preparation, stewardship, responsibility and accountability.
In the bible, pioneering and stewardship are closely linked. Stewardship governs how you manage what God gives you, whilst pioneering reflects how you step into new territory.
Throughout the broadcast, I taught what means to be a pioneer and steward according to the scriptures.
Here are a few key points;
1 The ownership of the vision belongs to God. According to Psalm 24v1 NLT,” the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it”.
God is the owner and we are the custodian. I had to then look at the meaning of custodian. A custodian is a person or organisation responsible for protecting, maintaining or managing something valuable such as property, assets or records.
2 Accountability and Responsibility
Faithfulness is measured by what you do with what you’re given, not how much you have. We see this in Matthew 25v14-30 KJV.
Those who received two and five talents doubled their return on investment. Multiplication is our assignment as custodians over the assignments God has given us. Inactivity due to fear is not encouraged in this chapter and we saw the repercussions of the one who hid his talent. In Genesis 1:28 KJV, Adam and Eve were commanded to be fruitful and multiply, this wasn’t just about biology- this was also about resources, influence and impact.
3 Faithfulness in small things
In Luke 16v10 NLT states that if we are faithful in the little things then we will be faithful in the large ones. Don’t wait until you get the answered prayer before you start being faithful. In reality, what this looks like is if you are believing God for a bigger house, maintain the apartment you are currently living in. If you are believing God for a bigger car, maintain the small car that you currently own. If you are believing God for marriage, start working on yourself before your spouse finds you. Integrity at a micro level precedes expansion. Your stewardship is often tested before elevation.
For the rest of the broadcast, I focused on the different areas, God is calling us in this season to steward. I focused on five;
- Time
- Gifts and calling
- Finances
- Relationships and influence
How you steward the above areas will determine the level of success and wealth you are trusted with. I encourage you to watch the full teaching here https://youtu.be/BdkfEEq3CuY
Prayer: Father in the name of Jesus, Lord I thank You for this word and for showing me the ways in which I need to be a better steward.
Father I pray, help me to steward well that which you have given me to steward. Father, I repent for not stewarding what you have given me due to fear and distraction. Lord release your divine strategies to me for what You are birthing through me.
Father help me to steward and pioneer this season and Father multiply that which I put my hands to do. Revive every dream and vision that has laid dormant in me as a result of poor stewardship. Lord I receive your love and correction and I ask Father, give me the eyes of a dove that I may focus only on what You have given me to steward in this season. Lord release the pioneer’s mindset upon me now in Jesus Name I pray amen.
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