“Jesus’ words at the close of his time on earth should erase any doubt in our minds. He clearly wants each of us “out there,” going into “all the world” to engage in a high-risk, high-reward lifestyle to extend his kingdom on earth. He is calling and commissioning us not to retreat to safe havens but to permeate and transform every sphere into which he sends us–clothed not in our strength but in his…”
John D. Beckett, CEO and Author, quoted in NIV Stewardship Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009) 181.