We have all entrusted something of ours to someone else, believing that they are going to care for it as though it were their own. If you lend someone your car and they damage it through misuse, you would be very unhappy about that. If you pay for your child to go to university, but they spend their time drinking and partying and failing all their subjects, you would be very unhappy about that. We expect people to treat those privileges and those blessings with respect and with responsibility. The bible puts it like this in 1 Corinthians 4:2 – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”

The church is a gift from God through which we get to express our Christian faith. Every believer holds a place of great value in the heart of God, and the church as a whole is precious to him. This community is, therefore, something that we should steward with great care and respect. Through our attitude and actions, we should treat the people in the church with dignity, uphold its values, and participate in its mission.