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The Brick Roads Preach Stewardship

A school bus for Florence School in about 1930.

We live in a part of our city that is decorated with old homes. I suppose old is a bit of a relative term. Omaha is about a 130 year-old city, and many of the homes in our neighborhood come from those early days. Some of the streets are the old brick roads. We were in a neighbor’s home last night and they had pictures of their house in the first few years of the 1900’s. Seeing the pictures, roads, and homes reminds me that we are just here for a brief period. We are something of a tenant here in this neighborhood. Many own homes but in reality they are simply stewards for a period of time. There were people who came before us and there will be people who come after us.

I frequently look at the brick roads and older architecture with an eye to the church. I think of how we today are stewards of God’s Word. We have a responsibility to preserve and promote the  testimony of the body of Christ. We have taken the keys from a previous generation to be the tenants in our own.

As I looked last night into the framed picture from over 100 years ago of a mom and her newborn  I felt a connection. Here we were doing the same thing in a different time. These people are long gone now and we are here. We live, make our mark, and attempt to be good stewards; leaving things better than we found them.

Isn’t this our priority as Christians? We contend for the faith (Jude v.3) and pass on the faith (2 Tim. 2:2). We train others to understand and obey what God’s Word says (Mt. 28:19-21). We do all of this knowing that life is a vapor, we are here today and gone tomorrow (Jm. 4:14). Therefore, we make it count, working hard to get the gospel in us and get it out to others.

Our time is short but the truth abides. It will outlast us, just like the brick roads, unflinching chimneys, and large oak trees in my neighborhood.

What are you doing today in response to the infinite gift of the gospel, the privilege of living as a church member, and the time have been given in life? May we be good stewards.

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