Celebrating my son's birthday today (Happy Birthday Mike) reminds me of a revolutionary children's album named "Free to Be You and Me" that came out when he was a kid. It included a song by
Roosevelt Greer called "It's All Right to Cry" and others that portrayed the many ways in which we could free ourselves to be who we were intended to be if we weren't afraid to listen to our own hearts. The life of a steward is a life of freedom from that kind of fear, but it's not just freedom from, it's freedom for. When a steward is free from fear, a steward is free to be....
Free from fear of loosing property - free to be generous
Free from fear of loosing face - free to be courageous
Free from fear of failing - free to be creative
Free from fear of being a square - free to be faithful
Free from fear of judgment - free to be open to love
You get the picture. I'd invite you to share your ideas in the comments field.
A steward is free to be all of these things, but best of all, free just to be, to be whatever and wherever God calls. Maybe there's one more big one.
Free from fear of what God will ask -- free to be open to listen and discern God's call.
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