一位總裁在權衡怎樣的安排對家人最有利時，如此自問：「我是主人還是管家？」這位總裁掌管價值數十億美元的公司，想到巨額財產可能帶來的誘惑，他不願意讓兒孫們面臨這樣的試探。於是，他放棄公司的所有權，並將有表決權的股票全部都交給信託公司。他明白自己擁有的一切都屬於上帝，因此決定讓家人以工作謀生，同時用股票未來的利潤資助基督教事工。

在詩篇50篇10節，上帝告訴祂的子民：「樹林中的百獸是我的，千山上的牲畜也是我的。」上帝是萬物的創造者，不欠我們任何東西，也不需要我們任何東西。祂說：「我不從你家中取公牛，也不從你圈內取山羊」（9節）。我們所擁有和使用的一切，以及謀生的力量和技能，都源於上帝慷慨的賞賜。如詩篇所說，一切都屬乎上帝，因此祂配得我們全心來敬拜。

上帝擁有一切。但因著祂的良善，祂甚至選擇將愛子賜給我們，讓每一位歸向祂的人能與祂建立關係。耶穌來，「並不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命作多人的贖價」（馬可福音10章45節）。當我們重視這位賜予者，勝過重視祂所賜的福分，並用祂所賜的恩典來服事祂時，我們就能永遠以祂為樂，成為有福的人。

“Am I an owner or a steward?” The CEO of a multibillion-dollar company asked himself that question as he weighed what was best for his family. Concerned about the temptations that can come with vast wealth, he didn’t want to burden his heirs with that challenge. So he gave up ownership of his company and placed 100 percent of the voting stock in a trust. Recognizing that everything he owns belongs to God helped him make the decision to allow his family to earn a living in exchange for work while also using future profits to fund Christian ministry.

In Psalm 50:10, God tells His people, “Every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.” As the Creator of all things, God owes us nothing and needs nothing from us. “I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,” He says (v. 9). He generously provides everything that we have and use as well as the strength and the ability to earn a living. Because He does, as the psalm shows us, He’s worthy of our heartfelt worship.

God owns everything. But because of His goodness, He even chose to give Himself, entering into a relationship with any who turn to Him. Jesus “did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). When we value the Giver over the gifts and serve Him with them, we’re blessed to delight in Him forever.