time, talents, treasure, and...(wait! you mean there's another 't'?)

I was doing some reading during my "God time" this morning and a new thought occurred to me (well, it's really not a new thought, I've just never really put it in the context you're about to see it in). The thought is this: as Christians, we know that God has entrusted us to be faithful stewards of what he's given us. Most commonly, we refer to these things as our time, talents, and treasure. We would all agree that all three of these things are, in fact, on loan from God. We should use our time wisely...we should use our talents to glorify God, and we should use (spend) our resources as though they are God's and not our own. But I have another "T" word that I'm going to add to the equation: Truth. Because God has revealed truth to us, it becomes incumbent upon us to be good stewards of truth. We must share it. It's our responsibility as Christ-followers.

You know what I've found? Good stewards, faithful stewards, keep good records. They know where and exactly how rescources were used. If we're using time that's been given to us by God, talents that are on loan from him, treasure that belongs to him, and truth that has been revealed to us, isn't it the wise thing do to to track how we're investing each of those? Kick it around. E-mail me your thoughts.