God has called everyone to steward what they have.
1 Peter 4:10–11 ESV
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Lexham Theological Wordbook (Stewardship)
The steward was a household servant who managed the household affairs for the head of the family
Lexham Theological Wordbook (Concept Summary)
The noun פָּקִיד (pāqîd, “overseer”) is related to pāqad and indicates a person entrusted with authority over other people. The Septuagint usually translates pāqîd with ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos, “overseer”), which in the NT is taken up as a term for a church leader; Titus 1:7 calls the overseer (episkopos) “God’s steward (oikonomos).
Ron Clark and Dougald McLaurin III, “Stewardship,” in Lexham Theological Wordbook, ed. Douglas Mangum et al., Lexham Bible Reference Series (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).
God has called us all to oversee our money, time, relationships, and even the church building itself.
