Stewardship

The Spirit-directed Christian allows Christ to be Lord in EVERY area of his life--his mind/body relationships, talents, and material possessions.   He recognizes that all he has is ultimately a gift of God, and he considers himself a responsible steward of these blessings.  Romans 12: 2 says, And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

The use if the word here "transformed" is similar to the cocoon and the butterfly.  You see the caterpillar knows that there is a far better life in store for him/her and so as an act of obedience and of course it's nature, he wraps himself up in a cocoon and waits patiently on the Lord to "transform" him into the beautiful creature that his original creation was designed to turn out to be.  The same thing applies to us as Christians.  By "Faith" we wrap ourselves in the Holy Spirit of God and it is He who "transforms" our minds and spirits as we follow Him.

Here are some other verses that will help to better understand: [1 Cor. 2:16; 6:20;  Phil. 4:8;  1 Peter 4:10;  2 Peter 1:5-8]  (and everyone always believes that stewardship is "forevermore" the discussion of money, Ha, Ha!)

Dave