Serve Others, 1 Peter 4

Text
“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:10, NIV).

Insight
What are you to do with the spiritual gift you have received? The answer is: Serve Others! God has equipped you to impact this generation. He has deposited His Spirit in you and the Spirit has given you unique abilities to serve others. When you do so, you partner with Him in administering His grace to the world.
Every believer has one or more spiritual gift(s). No child of God is left out. We have all been equipped with particular spiritual talents / endowments / abilities from God. On God’s team… nobody is sitting on the bench. There is no “second-string” or farm club. We are all called to participate with Him and He has equipped each of us with a role to play. What has He equipped you to do? What gift do you have? Are you using it?
From the beginning of time God has been at work pouring out His grace on man-kind. Nothing has changed. He is still at work today doing the same thing… What we need to understand is the way He is administering His grace. The main way God administers His grace is: Through YOU! So, when we function in whatever gift we have received we are joining Him in His work “faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:10). And Peter explains, “If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ” (4:11).
You are equipped to impact this generation with His grace… Serve others!

Prayer
Father, thank you for calling me into partnership with Yourself. I recognize that You are still at work pouring out Your grace. Use me and the gifts You have given me to serve others. I commit to faithfully administering Your grace to those around me. In Jesus name, AMEN.