here's never been a more crucial time to stand in your shoes. People are looking to you to lead. Your employees are putting their hope in you. Society is asking you to step up.
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No matter what happens, I will strive to continue living shalom, because it is not dependent upon my financial success or how well I manage a company or whatever else may happen in my life, but rather on my daily obedience to God’s calling.
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In times of crisis things are sifted. We often see and then focus on what is important. A crisis can reveal what we really value and should prioritize.
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"To everyone who got into trading stocks this year, I have a little hard truth for you: You're not actually that good at it….You just caught a wild bull market. Take some money off the table."
I have been on my own stewardship journey for the last 20 years or so. I have come to believe stewardship encompasses the entirety of the Christian life. However, it usually starts with money.
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Listen as Eventide CEO Robin John explains how Eventide pursues the following investment ideals as we evaluate companies for our portfolios.
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Ultimately, Christians should find contentment and peace in their prayerful decisions, trusting God with the results.
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My altitude is 10,000 ft and I’m descending through a cloud layer to reveal the city of Marawi, Philippines. Bombed out buildings as far as the eye can see paint the landscape in brushstrokes straight out of a World War II movie.
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I carry her trust in my heart and mind, and the weight of that responsibility is my constant companion. It reminds me to pay attention to the investments I’ve recommended, and possible changes in my client’s financial situation, knowing that my client will most likely not be paying close attention.
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In our businesses, God conducts this review continuously. God does have a plan for our lives, and it includes every aspect: home, work, community, social, recreation, and any other area you might identify. You could say that there is a performance review as stewards, but it’s an open Book test!
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What would it look like if we all consult the people ‘less valuable’ to truly understand their actual and not an assumed need? What would it look like to brainstorm solutions together with people who have lower education levels and a scarcity of resources, yet hold an abundance of community connection and resourcefulness?
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Risks that faith driven professionals are willing to take may be higher due to their faith, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a high amount of wisdom and due diligence involved in the process as well. In fact, we are to act in wisdom as good stewards.
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The hard truth is that stewardship involves a form of surrendering. And, it’s hard to surrender. We don’t need to be a saint to begin the life of stewardship.
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When I’m most perplexed at my kids failure to recognize all of this “mine” business is a farse – that everything they have is only because I’ve allowed them to “have it” and there’s nothing in our house they can claim original ownership of that it hits me…that’s me. That’s us.
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Generosity is at the core of the Christian life and our experience of God. God doesn’t give sparingly; He gives us abundantly more than we can ask or think. We become cheerful in our giving by giving like God, where His grace has been working in our hearts to abound in generosity to others.
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Banks are largely impersonal, making it easy to get loans and good service if you are wealthy and quite difficult if you aren’t.
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An enterprise is “a business venture, especially one requiring boldness and energy.” Stewardship is “the trusted management and protection of another’s property.” It then follows that “Enterprise Stewardship” is “managing with boldness and energy the business ventures God has entrusted to us.”
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Companies large and small make a meaningful impact on the world, whether they want to or not. They employ hundreds, sometimes thousands and occasionally tens of thousands of people, while their services and products touch just as many, if not more.
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How can we provide growth in the dimension of God’s kingdom and bring growth (back) into our society, releasing many of the “spasms” in society, science, and personal life?
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God, this is your organization, not mine. If you want to grow it, please grow it. If you want to prune it, it’s yours to prune. Only let me be faithful with everyone and everything you have entrusted to me: every client, every employee, every board member, every dollar. Everything I have is yours.
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