Spending God’ s Money His Way
By Robin MacKinnon, Special Assignment Missionary, One Mission Society
As 2013 approached, I was challenged to identify a oneword focus for the year— a word that would propel me closer to Jesus and motivate me to embrace His calling on my life.
As I sought the Lord’ s direction for the word, I thought of many that I could excitedly embrace— words like extraordinary, adventure and calling each captivated me as I envisioned what a year focused on that word might look like. Each time I presented an idea to the Lord in prayer, I felt Him moving me in a different direction. Then, the Lord brought a word before me— the one word that would drive and shape my goals and focus for 2013 … stewardship.
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Initially, I struggled to welcome this word, so often pegged as dry and heavy, rules-laden and burdensome. Yet, as I sought the Lord, I became increasingly excited as my eyes opened to the beauty, freedom and great joy that comes from a solid understanding of what biblical stewardship is.
We don’ t have to open the pages of the Bible very far to take in our first lesson on biblical stewardship. It is found so