Chapter 20, The Exciting Life of Stewardship Summary and Analysis

A large part of chapter twenty contains a lengthy lesson from Muller about one's career choice, involving the theme of God's will for one's life. He encourages all people to use whatever they have to the best of their ability for the work of God. The specific topic of this lesson is stewardship. Given this philosophy, a Christian should not feel ownership for any thing. Instead, all that a man possesses belongs to God. Moreover, God loans this to man to see what a man will do with his will. The more a man gives to the Lord, the more the Lord will give to the man. Muller warns against participating in such giving only for personal gain, however.

The very next entry of Muller's diary tells of some record expenses...