Post 30: Magnify the Six Stewardships

Magnify your stewardships in divine order to align with God’s plan. Like a flourishing tree, a Christ-centered life brings joy, growth, and eternal blessings.

Introduction: The Divine Order of Priorities

The first stewardship—becoming one with your spouse—is the cornerstone of a celestial life. When magnified, it aligns all other stewardships, accelerating joy, growth, and divine blessings.

This is God’s design: cleave unto your eternal companion, become one in purpose and love, and build an eternal foundation together. When this stewardship is honored, every other area of life is strengthened.

Though life’s circumstances may sometimes shift your focus, when you return to God’s order, joy increases and progress accelerates.

Pain Point: Misaligned Priorities Slow Progress

When stewardships are approached out of sequence, the flow of divine blessings is hindered. Misalignment introduces chaos, frustration, and diminished joy.

Focusing on work or personal pursuits at the expense of your marriage weakens the foundation of your home. Neglecting to nurture your children’s spiritual growth creates gaps that are difficult to repair later.

The adversary thrives on distraction, urging you to pour energy into lesser things so you miss the fullness of joy God intends.

Principle: First Things First — The Power of Oneness

The Lord begins His divine order with the stewardship of marriage. Like the trunk of a flourishing tree, oneness in marriage provides the strength and stability needed for everything else to grow.

From this trunk extend six branches—representing stewardships of family, talents, service, work, love, and integrity. Each branch is nourished by the unity of the marriage. When the trunk is healthy, the branches flourish. When the trunk is weak, everything suffers.

The Cascading Effect of Divine Order

1. Raising Your Family in Truth
   A unified marriage creates a sanctuary for children to grow, shaping their spiritual development and modeling Christlike love.
2. Magnifying Your Gifts
   Oneness unlocks the space and support needed to develop talents and use them to bless others.
3. Joining the Lord’s Work
   A unified couple labors with shared purpose in the Lord’s vineyard.
4. Laboring with Integrity
   Your work becomes an extension of your divine priorities and unity at home.
5. Spreading God’s Love
   Charity begins at home but naturally radiates outward from a marriage rooted in love.

When stewardships are approached in proper order, harmony replaces frustration, and the blessings of heaven flow more freely.

Invitation: Align Your Priorities

Are you building your life in divine order?
Is your marriage the priority it needs to be?

When you focus on your first stewardship—oneness with your spouse—you align your life with God’s purposes. That alignment magnifies every other stewardship, accelerating joy, deepening peace, and strengthening your connection to God.

Choose today to nurture unity, protect your oneness, and build upon the foundation from which every blessing flows.

Blessing: Joy and Divine Alignment

As you magnify your stewardships in the right order, you will experience:

• Joy in your marriage and family, even amidst challenges
• Strength to overcome distraction
• An increasing flow of blessings, influence, and peace
• Alignment with God’s will—preparing you to receive all that He has

This is the promise of divine order: a life filled with joy, growth, and eternal abundance.

Originally published December 22, 2024.