The Monday Morning Quaterback

Yesterday's sermon focused on the mandate that God gave humans in the two creation stories. The mandate in Genesis 1 is for humans to have dominion over or rule the earth. The second mandate in Genesis 2 is for humans to cultivate or serve the earth. I suggested that the word that best connects these two notions is stewardship. Rightly understood, stewardship is the "handling with integrity the resources of another" (R. Scott Rodin, Stewards in the Kingdom, p. 28).

I noted that to understand our role as stewards of God's resources and to live our lives based on this truth is truly a paradigm shift and would have enormous ramifications for life and the way we live it. It would transform the church if we understood this and lived it.

What are your thoughts on the human mandate in the creation stories and my claim that we are called to be stewards?