God-given Gifts for God-given Purposes
(NIV) 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
Did you realize the gifts you have (hospitality, teaching, faith, etc.) are not only supernatural in origin and they have a purpose—to build up the community of faith and to glorify God. As a preacher, I prayed that God would help me understand the Scriptures in context and that I would deliver a message that would build up the church and glorify God. As a pastor I asked God to use me to minister to others on His behalf.
Regardless of who we are, or the nature of our talents, it is vital that anything we do is covered in prayer. Prov 3:5-7 tells us not to rely on our own strength, or our own understanding. How do we heed this advice? Prayer.
May we look to God to guide us as we seek His will.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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