USE THEM WELL Sunday October 11, 2015
Text: Romans 12:6 – 8 Memory verse: v 6
Every
Christian has one gift with which he/she can live well and make impact on the
society (Matthew 25: 14, 15). It baffled me that some people seem not to know
what they can do with their lives. Paul sees all the endowments on Christians
as gifts. They come from God and when we understand this, it will prevent us
from thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. Albert Barnes
sagely said that “True honour consists
not in splendid endowments, or great wealth and office. It consists in rightly
discharging the duties which God requires of us in our appropriate sphere. If
all men held their talents as the gift of God; if all would find and occupy in
society the place for which God designed them, it would prevent no small part
of the uneasiness, the restlessness, the ambition, and misery of the world.”
This is a message for our generation.
As
God has given us diverse gifts, and appointed us into one office or another, we
should faithfully use them and keep within the limits of our calling so that we
do not neglect our duties or invade into that of others.
Food for Thought: How are you discharging your duties as a Christian?
Prayer: Lord God, help me to faithfully use your gifts in me to honour you and fulfill your purposes for my life in Jesus name. Amen.
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