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Christian Life—Steward
The 1st gift God gives me to manage is life—my life.

He is my Maker. As an infant my parents and overseers did a lot for me. But as I grew,  responsibilities increased, and I began to make decisions about how I behaved. I did lots of things. Some I thought were good and much was not so good. I joke about the bad; I ought to be real about it and be ashamed and repent of it. But I probably won't make that decision just yet.

I make decisions, both right and wrong. I indeed experience the consequences, some sooner than later. But, I'm the one responsible. I'm the one who declines and receives what God gives me to manage. I am accountable for ministering to those whom God has given me to see about; I am accountable for managing the gifts of the Gospel. That's neat!!

God is neat! He has His DNA in my soul. It rests on the fact that Jesus bought me back from sin, death, and the power of the devil (now limited, that's neat!).  His death and resurrection promised me to be saint and sinner on this side of heaven. That's neat!

Again, today, as I face temptations in my vocation, I know this. How I manage my life, I know this. As C.F.W. Walther stated, "(the Christian) must no longer (manage) live for self; instead he must present his whole life as an offering in love to his neighbor." God grant it.