Environmental Stewardship

God , man possesses power to rule over everything in this world . But this power to rule does not mean owning everything The earth is the Lord 's , and everything in it , the world , and all who live in it (Psalm 24 :1 . Man is only the steward of His creation . Man is here to take care of the masterpiece of God which is the earth Relating to environmental conservation , man must always take into account the very reason of his existence . Man 's existence emanates from God and man owes his existence to

God . All people 's activities must not jeopardize God 's creation but in return , it must be an avenue to propagate it . Man is here in this world to protect and at the same time nourish it . Hence , to protect and care for the environment is man 's essence . It is the completeness that he may attain as created in the likeness of God

To be one with nature as a matter of protecting it and to achieve God 's image in preserving the environment , man is therefore achieving his own essence in the context of stewardship

CONCLUSION

It is of a ubiquitous reality that our environment has faced its most difficult and hardest battle nowadays . People became of less care for the environment because of their desire to gain material possessions Possessions are what most people look at as the basis for humanity . The more they have , the more they are human as what they view it . Material possessions become the criteria for being a truly human being

Because of people were being drawn by material possessions , they consequently do away from their own essence . They are supposed to protect the environment as being endowed by God to do so . It is man 's duty and...