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IT IS A GIFT: Devotion for Monday May 2, 2016

IT IS A GIFT: Devotion for Monday May 2, 2016         

Text: 1 Corinthians 4:7 – 13     Memory verse: v 7

Any sensible Christian has no reason to be proud; all we have, or are, or do, that is good, is the result of the free and rich grace of God. We shouldn’t be proud, if really we’ve understood that we are what we are just because of the grace God has bestowed on us. Paul made it clear that the difference between us Christians in terms of talents, etc depends on the gift we have received from God. Here, Paul asked the rhetorical questions so they could see the silliness of their prideful positions against one another. We should understand that no one is better than anyone else. Everything we have; all we’ve accomplished and every gift we’ve received—all came from God. No one has any right to boast about anything.

The problem of looking down on others stems from pride, arrogance and ignorance. Pride because you have some gifts others have. Arrogance because you thought it is by your own strength and ignorance because you don’t know that all you have are gifts from God. Beloved, whatever we are or have as at today, are all gifts from God – life, talent, wealth, good job, etc. Do not think you deserve or worked harder for it. Just like salvation (Eph. 2:8 & 9), it is a gift from God and you should be humble enough to appreciate this and not to pride yourself about what was given to you.  

Food for Thought: John 3:27

Prayer: God, may I not forget that what I am and have, are gifts from you. Help me to use them judiciously to your praise and glory in Jesus name.  

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