As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace 1 Peter 4:10
Given a Gift – 1 Peter 4:10 (December 15)
What gift would you most like to have for Christmas? Did something pop into your head that you put on your Christmas list for a family member? Are you writing a letter to send to the North Pole? We have the best Gift-Giver imaginable, but many of us devote little thought to the gifts God entrusts to us.
We have already had a devotional about God’s amazing Gift of His Son, but God has given us other gifts too. Many of the gifts He gives us are given to us for us to use to bless others. We are merely stewards of them. How well are you stewarding your gifts?
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace 1 Peter 4:10
Never disqualified
Some of us are not good stewards of God’s gift to us because we think we have disqualified ourselves. We think we are too old or too fragile or too damaged by circumstances to be of any use anymore. Some of us think we are too young. However, God says that we are never too young, too old, or too broken – never disqualified.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:29
A gift to open
This season, we are all children of the Most High King sitting by the Christmas tree of life with a gift to open and use.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 1 Corinthians 12:4-5
God has given each of us different gifts. Gifts like teaching, hospitality, service, singing, healing, discernment, wisdom, writing, and more. We have hands that can clean, bandage, cook, create. We have mouths that can speak words of encouragement and hope. We have ears that can listen empathetically. We have arms to hold children and hug those who are hurting…and so many, many more gifts.
Action Step:
How have you been hoarding your gift instead of using it for God’s glory and the benefit of others? Have you disqualified yourself when God has not? How can you step out in your gift (even in a small way) today? Go step into the gift of God.
Prayer:
Dear God, Reveal to us the gifts that You have given us to use for You. Show us how we can step into those gifts today and squander them no longer. Empower us to bless others and glorify You. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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