Understanding the Concept of Mayordomia: Exploring Spiritual Gifts, Discipleship, and Stewardship.
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To entender mayordomia y lo que significa para cada uno de nosotros en particular, necesitamos estudiar el contexto en que ello funciona.
Luz Flores, a soft-spoken woman with chin-length salt and pepper hair, talks easily about her job as mayordomos of the village of San Pedro Atocpan. Her husband, Juan, pauses now and then to add his opinion.
Spiritual Gifts
Spiritual gifts are a means for God to empower the Church to carry out His mission. While some gifts may seem more important than others, all are needed to function as the Body of Christ and bring glory to Him.
MERCY
People with this gift are compassionate toward those who are sick, praying for them regularly and often visiting them in person. They are motivated by their faith in God’s power to heal. They also know that He sometimes chooses not to heal and are not deterred when healing does not occur.
TEACHING
Those with this gift love to study the Bible and can help others understand its teachings in a clear and concise manner. They can develop and teach Bible studies for small groups or other content that helps build the faith of believers.
WORD OF WISDOM
This speaking gift enables Christians to take the facts of Scripture and draw out practical principles that can be applied to life situations. They can also use discernment to identify truth from untruth.
Discipleship
In the Gospels, Jesus often taught a smaller group of disciples, spending time with them and investing in their lives. Discipleship is a widely-used term that refers to those who walk alongside another person, starting where they are spiritually and helping them grow up into mature followers of Christ who love and serve God.
When Jesus gave His instructions to “go and make disciples of all nations,” He knew it was more than a casual assignment that could be squeezed between other things. It would require a full-time commitment that required the people who followed Him to leave their homes and their own possessions behind.
In this way, they would be able to care for their communities and their neighbors. This is how we can truly become a blessing to the world! It is not easy, but it can be done with the help of others. We can all learn from each other, but it takes commitment and dedication to discipleship.
Fellowship
Many people equate mayordomia with the Christian stewardship of their leisure time, but this is only a small part of what it encompasses. It also involves a spiritual approach to work, study and play, the wise use of our talents and the care of our bodies.
It requires us to be good stewards of our homes and to share them with others. It requires that we testify of Jesus to our coworkers, neighbors and friends. It requires that we serve as leaders in our churches, communities and cities.
Most importantly, it requires that we understand the Lord’s plan for our lives and obey His commands. This is how we will be able to minister most effectively and reach the lost with the gospel of Christ. Our lives belong to God and our stewardship of them is an act of worship. We must remember that our salvation didn’t cost us anything, but was freely given to us.
Stewardship
Todo lo que hacemos en nuestra Iglesia ayuda a llegar a una relacion más plena en Jesucristo y nos lleva a pensar mas holisticamente sobre lo que mayordomia significa. La mayordomia es una doctrina fundamental del Cristianismo, porque dice la Biblia que Dios creó a los seres humanos y que tiene derechos exclusivos de propiedad sobre todo lo que existen (Genesis 1:11; Salmo 24:1-2; Colossos 4:15).
El modelo más popular de mayordomia es tiémpo, talento y tesoro (TTT). Es una manera que a menudo ha sido entusiasta para recaudar fondos en la Iglesia, pero hay muchas formas buenas de hacer mayordomia. Esperamos aprender nuevas maneras de hacer mayordomia y hacerla funcionar mejor en su iglesia/mitroquio. Esta articulo también está disponible en ingles aqu