Christian Stewardship

At the core of biblical stewardship lies a radical but liberating truth: God owns everything. The earth is not merely a place man inhabits; it is a realm that belongs, in its totality, to God. “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein” (Psalm 24:1). Every resource, every person, every ecosystem, and every system exists by God, through God, and for God.

This understanding forms the foundation for true stewardship. If God owns everything, then man owns nothing absolutely. Instead, man is entrusted with the temporary management of what ultimately belongs to another. This is not a minor detail of theology, it is the central premise of biblical economics. “For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills… If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and all it contains” (Psalm 50:10–12).

Human beings are not owners; we are stewards; managers under divine authority. Our lives, our gifts, our wealth, our time, and our influence are all entrusted to us by God for a purpose beyond self-consumption. As John the Baptist rightly declared, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven” (John 3:27). This includes both spiritual and material wealth.

Christian stewardship, therefore, is not about God demanding “His share” while we keep the rest. It is about recognizing that everything we have is His  and that our role is to align our usage of these resources with His intentions. “We brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out of it” (1 Timothy 6:7). The purpose of wealth, then, is not accumulation, it is assignment. It is not measured by how much we keep, but by how faithfully we manage what we’ve been given.

In this course, we will dismantle the secular and even religious distortions that view money as merely a personal blessing, a tool for comfort, or a badge of divine approval. Instead, we will rebuild a biblical worldview where financial and material wealth are understood as tools of kingdom responsibility, levers of societal transformation, and instruments of eternal investment. The goal is not just to manage wealth better, but to discover why we have wealth at all.

Stewardship is not just about tithing or giving offerings. It is about a posture; a mindset that sees all of life as belonging to God. It is about living with purpose, accountability, and alignment. When we understand that we are managers and not owners, it changes how we spend, how we give, how we plan, and how we invest. It introduces reverence into economics and mission into resource allocation.

This course will help you:

• Understand the theological basis for divine ownership
• Discover God’s original intent for financial and material resources
• Uncover the dangers of ownership mentality and self-centered accumulation
• Learn how to align personal wealth with kingdom assignments
• Explore biblical case studies of faithful and unfaithful stewards
• Develop a strategic plan for stewarding your resources with eternal impact

If the earth is the Lord’s, then the question is not “How much of my money will I give to God?” but rather, “How much of God’s resources will I manage according to His will?” Let us begin with that clarity and build a lifestyle of stewardship worthy of our calling.