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Insights for faithful stewards
Scripture-rooted articles for everyday believers, organized around the five pillars of stewardship.
Stewardship of Time and Discipline
A Little Folding of the Hands: Proverbs 6 and 24 on the Ant, the Sluggard's Field and Small Delays
Solomon sends the sluggard to school with an ant and then walks him past a ruined field. Here is what Proverbs 6 and 24 teach about self-led diligence, the small delays that add up, and how to steward your time before the thorns come up.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Life
Before I Formed You: Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 1 on Stewarding a Life You Did Not Write
Long before your first breath, God knit you together and wrote your days in His book, and Jeremiah heard that he had been appointed before he was born. Here is what Psalm 139 and Jeremiah 1 teach about stewarding a life you did not write, and why "I am too young" is not an answer God accepts.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Know the Condition of Your Flocks: Proverbs 21, 22 and 27 on Margin, Debt and Paying Attention
The wise keep a store while fools gulp theirs down, the borrower becomes a servant, and the steward who prospers is the one who knows the condition of the flock. Here is what Proverbs 21, 22 and 27 teach about margin, debt and paying attention to what God has put in your care.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Life
A Mere Handbreadth: Psalm 39 and the Prayer to Know How Fleeting Life Is
David held his tongue until his heart caught fire, and then he prayed a prayer most of us avoid: Lord, show me my life's end. Here is what Psalm 39 teaches about a handbreadth life, the wealth we heap up for someone else, and the only hope that lasts.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Life
You Are Not Your Own: Psalm 24 and 1 Corinthians 6 on Whose Life It Really Is
Before you can steward your time, your money or your gifts, you have to settle one question: whose life is it? Psalm 24 and 1 Corinthians 6 answer it plainly. The earth is the Lord's, you are not your own, and you were bought at a price. Start here.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Life
For Such a Time as This: Esther 4 on Stewarding the Season and the Seat God Gave You
Esther had a crown, a palace and every reason to stay quiet. Mordecai reminded her that her position was not a hiding place but an assignment, given for a moment that would not come again. Here is what Esther 4 teaches about stewarding the season and the seat God gave you.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Selling Your Own People: Nehemiah 5 and the Leader Who Refused to Profit From Debt
Halfway through rebuilding the wall, Nehemiah heard a cry from inside the city: the nobles were charging their own people interest and taking their fields and children as pledges. Here is what Nehemiah 5 teaches leaders about debt, profit and the reverence for God that refuses to get rich off the people they serve.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Only What Comes From Your Hand: 1 Chronicles 29 and the Leader Who Gives It All Back
David gave his personal treasure for a temple he would never see, and then he prayed the most honest sentence a giver can pray: everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. Here is what 1 Chronicles 29 teaches about owning nothing and giving freely.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Time and Discipline
Men Who Understood the Times: 1 Chronicles 12 on Reading Your Season and Knowing What to Do
In a long list of warriors who came to David, one tribe is remembered for something different. The men of Issachar understood the times and knew what Israel should do. Here is what 1 Chronicles 12 teaches about reading your moment and stewarding it with wisdom, loyalty and action.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Don't Ask for Just a Few: 2 Kings 4 and the Widow's Oil on Debt, Help and Provision
A widow with a creditor at the door and one small jar of oil asked a prophet for help, and God answered through her own house, her neighbors' empty jars and a closed door. 2 Kings 4 shows how God meets a household in debt and what He asks of the people He rescues.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
A Handful of Flour: 1 Kings 17 and the Faith to Give First
A widow in Zarephath had one handful of flour left, and a prophet asked her to bake for him first. 1 Kings 17 shows what happens when a steward gives out of scarcity and trusts God for enough, one day at a time.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Silver as Common as Stones: 1 Kings 10 and 11 on Wealth and the Slow Drift of the Heart
Solomon did not fall in a day. Deuteronomy 17 gave Israel's kings three simple limits, and 1 Kings 10 and 11 show the wisest man who ever lived breaking every one of them, slowly, in plain sight, while the money poured in. Here is how to keep wealth from turning your heart.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Fifty Shekels of Silver: 2 Samuel 24 and the Offering That Costs Something
David was offered everything he needed for free, and he refused it. In 2 Samuel 24 a king who had counted his own strength learns to pay full price for worship, and the threshing floor he bought becomes the place where the temple would stand.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Life
Still Tending the Sheep: 1 Samuel 16 and the God Who Looks at the Heart
God does not choose the way we do. In 1 Samuel 16 the prophet lines up seven impressive sons, and God picks the boy no one thought to invite, then sends him back to the sheep. Here is what that means for the season you are in right now.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
The Silver Under the Tent: Joshua 7 on Hidden Wealth and the Trouble It Brings
What you hide does not stay hidden, and it never stays yours. Joshua 7 tells how one man's buried silver troubled a whole nation, and how honest confession turned the Valley of Trouble into a door of hope.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Life
Children Yet to Be Born: Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 78 on Passing Faith to the Next Generation
Faith is always one generation from being forgotten. Deuteronomy 6 and Psalm 78 hand parents, grandparents and leaders the same assignment: carry God's words on your own heart, tell the story at the kitchen table, answer the questions, and pass it on to children who are not yet born.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
More Than Enough: Exodus 36 and the Leader Who Told the People to Stop Giving
The people kept bringing gifts until the craftsmen asked Moses to make them stop. Exodus 36:3-7 is the only campaign in Scripture that ended because there was too much, and it shows what willing hearts, honest workers and a leader who knows the word "enough" look like.
Qunetin Robinson ·
Stewardship of Resources
Seven Good Years: Genesis 41 on Planning for Plenty and Famine
Pharaoh dreamed of fat cows and thin ones, and Joseph saw a fourteen-year plan. Genesis 41 shows how to steward a season of plenty before the famine comes: a fifth of the harvest set aside, a plan kept in the good years, and grain that ended up feeding the world.
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Stewardship of Life
The Robe and the Cloak: Genesis 37 to 39 on Stewarding a Life Through Betrayal
Joseph's brothers stripped him of his robe and sold him for twenty shekels. Years later a stranger's wife took his cloak and sent him to prison. Genesis 37 to 39 and 50:20 show how to steward a life that other people tried to ruin, and why the pit is never the end of the story.
Qunetin Robinson ·