Learn how to be a good steward of all that God has given you. God has given us gifts, resources, and responsibilities to be faithful over. This is your time to ask for wisdom and apply it in your life to steward the new year. 

I used to think if God was tasking me with an assignment, I alone should be the one to know how to get there. I’ve made mistakes thinking because I run my ministry, I am the one who knows best about what we should do. 

God has humbled me by teaching me that there is wisdom in seeking counsel from many. He purposely withholds things from us so that we learn to connect with the body of Christ — the church, His people. 

We were not made to do life alone and accomplish our God-given tasks alone. 

Every God-given assignment will require more than yourself.

It’s wise to ask for wisdom from many that you can trust. Proverbs 15:22 says, “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

We all have blind spots, but God has placed people in our lives to point us to Jesus and help us accomplish our assignments. 

The word God gave me for 2025 is stewardship. We need wisdom to be good stewards so I have been adamant about seeking wisdom from God and others to apply it to my life. 

I love that Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.”

It is for our own glory to take time to seek God’s wisdom and direction. God wants to conceal things from us so that we also take the time to seek God and value His voice and direction. 

Will you posture your heart to seek after God’s wisdom? Who are people in your life you can also glean wisdom from and apply what you learn?

How well we apply what we learn is what determines how well we will steward what God has given us to bear fruit. 

Obeying God’s Word

There is protection when we walk according to God’s way. God promises that we will bear fruit, stay strengthened, and prosper in all we do as we abide and meditate on God’s word day and night (Psalm 1:1-3). We are being rooted in the living waters of Jesus, like the tree planted by the rivers of water described in Psalm 1, as we meditate on God’s word daily. 

If we want to steward this new year well, we must be diligent about making time every day to read the Bible and meditate on God’s word. Psalm 1:6 says, “For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.” 

Do you have a plan for 2025 to be in God’s world daily and to mediate on certain passages in the Bible?

Being a good steward of our lives will require us to live according to God’s Word. How will we know if we are living according to God’s Word if we have not read the Bible? Be intentional and set a plan this year to read all of the Bible. There are many verses in the Bible for Biblical stewardship for all areas of our lives like our finances, marriage, family, etc.

Fear God

Before thinking about getting wisdom, ask yourself, do you fear God? The fear of the Lord is the beginning to receiving wisdom. Don’t try to pursue wisdom without God.

Wisdom can only be found as we fear God, and the understanding to apply the wisdom comes as we take time to know God and follow Him.

Pray and ask God to help you see Him rightly. God’s wisdom, favor, and peace will follow you as you grow in the fear of the Lord. Proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

Stewarding what you have now

If you want more in your life, first ask yourself how well are you stewarding what you have now. Many times we focus on wanting more, but neglect to steward what God has already given us now.

If you want more finances, how well are you stewarding your current finances? If you want more time to accomplish things, how well are you using the time you have now? If you want to help more people and grow your reach, how well are you serving the current people God has placed in your life? If you want to hear more from God, have you obeyed what He has previously asked you to do? 

God says in Matthew 25:29, “To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.”

So remember, be a good steward in this new year. 

Prayer: Jesus, thank You for being our wisdom and guide. Teach us to seek You first, to walk in Your truth, and to steward well what You have given us. Humble our hearts to receive counsel and apply wisdom daily. May our lives bear fruit as we abide in You.

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Bible Verses on Biblical Stewardship

• ““The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’” (Matthew 25:22-23)
• ““Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.” (Luke 12:35-38)
• “”Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:10)
• “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38)
• “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” (Ephesians 5:22-25)