Authority to Apportion

“The steward has no say in determining what goes into the larder; it is stocked for him by the householder. But it is his responsibility to decide what comes out of it, and when, and in what measure. This is another aspect of the steward’s faithfulness, this time not to the householder or the goods, but to the household. As Jesus said, ‘Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?’ (Luke 12:42)” (John Stott, The Preacher’s Portrait, p. 27).