Have you ever considered that you are a caretaker, steward over… you! You and all that defines and describes who you are (and are becoming); what you do, and how you go about being and doing you. Do you understand this? It’s true and you need to realize just how important you are to you. And no I wasn’t talking about arrogance or a feeling of entitlement but as complete as possible an assessment of your strengths and weaknesses and how you relate to the world you live in and the people who populate it.
What is sometimes forgotten is that we all have a calling on our lives that is based on who we are and the gifting the Lord has placed in us. I really don’t believe that He calls us to something that is so difficult and undesirable (to us) so that whatever honor occurs goes to the Lord only. Quite honestly, I don’t think that His ‘ego’ is so fragile that there can never be any ‘well done’ that comes from our contribution. We just have to remember that apart from Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5)
Remember, that from the outset, God chose to work through us and gave His creation for us to steward. Genesis 1:26-28:
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion … over all the earth… And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Sadly, we haven’t done a good job of exercising our dominion. In fact, the first thing we did was to give control to the devil in the fall by Adam and Eve.
However, we still do have ‘control’ over our own attitudes, emotions, thoughts, actions, etc. We choose. God gave man free will so that we could exercise it in proactive ways… even if we don’t always accomplish this. He always stands ready to welcome us into His family, but it is our choice. And also remember that one thing we always take with us wherever we go is – us. Can’t avoid it. But we can seek the Lord to help us become the best we can. We are our caretaker.
