Caretakers, Custodians and Stewards

   "There, then, is the way in which we can lay up treasures in heaven. It all comes back to
the question of how I view myself and how I view my life in this world. Do I tell myself
every day I live, that this is but another milestone I am passing, never to go back, never to
come again? I am pitching my moving tent 'a day's march nearer home'. That is the great
principle of which I must constantly remind myself---that I am a child of the Father placed
here for His purpose, not for myself. I did not choose to come; I have not brought myself
here; there is a purpose in it all. God has given me this great privilege of living in this world,
and if He has endued me with any gifts, I have to realize that, although in one sense all these
things are mine, ultimately, as Paul shows at the end of 1 Corinthians 3, they are God's.
Therefore, regarding myself as one who has this great privilege of being a caretaker for God,
a custodian and a steward, I do not cling to these things. They do not become the centre of
my life and existence. I do not live for them or dwell upon them constantly in my mind;
they do not absorb my life. On the contrary, I hold them loosely; I am in a state of blessed
detachment from them. I am not governed by them; rather do I govern them; and as I do
this I am steadily securing, and safely laying up for myself,'treasures in heaven'."
Martyn LLoyd-Jones on how we are to treat our gifts and possessions.
Uncle Donnie deemed it appropriate to focus early in this new year on such an important;
yay vital aspect of our  relationship to Christ'
Have a great New Year,
D.