Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,
as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 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. I Peter 4:10-11
So are you using the contribution that God has given
you? Or are you like me and He has to continually
nudge you in that contribution…okay, I’ll have to be totally honest here, many
times it’s a push and not a gentle nudge, mainly because I have ignored that
gentle nudge! I feel so guilty most
times when I look back on things and see what God does when I simply follow His
will! I mean I know that His will is best…that
it is good and it is perfect! His word
tells me this and His word does not lie!
In fact, His Word is so true and like my mother told me one time in a
most powerful way (I wrote about this experience too) “my child, you can’t pick
and choose the promises of God, they are all true, His word is all true, not
just some of it, it’s all true my child!”
Ephesians 2:10 says,
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do. We
were created by our Father in love, but He did not create us to just be lumps
of clay nor to run around like crazy not enjoying this life that He gave us. I fully believe He created us all with
special gifts to contribute to this world, that He wants us to work hard, but
to use our gifts to benefit others and glorify Him in all that we do. God has given each of us a beautiful gift and
if you aren’t sure what yours is, He is waiting on you to ask Him. He’s right there wanting to lead you in that
direction, He wants you to use it, He wants you to share it, He wants you to find
the meaning of your life through the gift that He created just for you. You were created by Him, you are special to
Him, He loves you and wants you to share what and who He created you to be.
The earth is in a chaotic state right now, nothing seems
normal, nothing seems comfortable, nothing of this world would tell you to be
finding the contribution that God gave you right now, nothing but God! This is the exact time you need to be finding
it, this is the exact time we need to be using it. You see our gift was never given to us for
simply our use, it was given to us to use for others. When Jesus was asked what the greatest
commandment was He said to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your mind, and the second is to love your neighbor as
yourself. (Matthew 22:37-39) This is the
time we each need to be using our gifts to be contributing those gifts in love
to our neighbors.
Now I was one of those people who for years never thought I
had a gift or talent because I always read or heard people talk about specific
gifts, but I have learned that there is not a long check off list of gifts and
talents when it comes to God…not at all!
It’s not like that in the least, it is about surrendering everything to
Jesus Christ, it is about throwing away what you think you know about yourself
and listening to God tell you who you are!
I know you have heard that God loves you, but He truly does! He’s right there, wherever you may be just
whispering to your heart what He wants you to do, where He wants you to
start. He’s waking you up in the middle
of the night with an idea and He wants you to take it and go…He will continue
to guide you, it will not stop with an idea.
He never stops, He will never leave you!
He keeps talking, He keeps whispering, He keeps guiding, He keeps
directing….we just have to follow! We
have to stop doubting! It may seem that
we are doubting ourselves, but we are doubting God when we ignore that nudge,
that push!
This is your moment, this is your time! God is speaking, listen to Him! He created you for a purpose, He wants you to
fulfill that purpose…that benefit is beyond measure! Your purpose will completely turn your life
around…it may not be easy or comfortable, in fact, it will probably be
difficult at times, you will most likely have to put in some time, it will
probably be uncomfortable and people will come up against you, but oh the
reward, oh the blessing, oh the benefit of fulfilling the purpose God created
you for!
There are so many different kinds of service, different
kinds of work, different kinds of talent, but they were all created and given
by the same Lord God and all intended for the common good! What will your
contribution be?
Study Scriptures
Ephesians 2:10
Exodus 35-39 (35:10)
James 1:17
I Corinthians 12:5-6
I Peter 4:10-11
Matthew 5:14-16
Romans 12:3-8
