What is the Stewardship of God in Colossians 1:25?

     When I was a kid, flight attendants were called stewardesses.  Everyone loved stewardesses because they smiled and gave you things like balloons, flight pins, pop, and a snack or a meal.  Did you know that way back during Paul's day there were stewards who oversaw the food and household supplies of royal and wealthy families? 

    Paul uses this job to illustrate the stewardship that God has given to all of His believers.  This week I read some Life-Studies that talked about Colossians 1:25:


  Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship of God, which was given to me FOR you, to complete the word of God. Colossians 1:25

On page 90 of Chapter 11 of the Life-Study of Colossians Witness Lee talks about what this stewardship is:

"The desire of God's heart is to dispense Himself into man. This is the central point of the whole Bible. God's economy is to carry out the dispensing of Himself into man. We share in this economy through our stewardship, our ministry of dispensing the riches of Christ. After the riches of Christ have been dispensed into us, we need to take up the burden to dispense them into others....Day by day we need to fulfill our stewardship of by dispensing the Triune God into man" (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Colossians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1979, Print).

As members of the Lord's Body we all receive something special from Christ as the Head throughout the week that's given to us FOR others. Whenever we gather together, we can share that verse, song, or speaking to encourage our fellow believers. When we speak what we see in God's word to others, we are fulfilling our stewardship like Paul shares here in Colossians 1:25.   

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Colossians given in 1979 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee. 

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Colossians:

What is God's Will in Colossians 1:9?
What is the Stewardship of God in Colossians 1:25?
What is the Hope of Glory in Colossians 1:27?
What is the Mystery of God in Colossians 2:2? (Part 1)
What is the Difference Between the Mystery of God in Colossians 2:2 & the Mystery of Christ in Ephesians 5:32?   (Part 2)
What is the Greatest Mystery?
What is God's Intention for Your Life?
From the Life-Study of Colossians - What Happens When We Pray?
How Does God Get the One New Man in Colossians 3:10?
What Does Colossians 2:7 Say About Spiritual Growth? (Part 1)
What is the Goal of Spiritual Growth in Colossians 2:19?  (Part 2)
What is Christ Doing at the Right Hand of God in Colossians 3:2?