Friday, May 2, 2014

Thank You for the Gifts

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. Ephesians 3

We are all servants of Christ, whether we want to admit it or not.  We are called to obey and to be instruments of God's will.  However, Paul looks at this in a different way than I ever had.  He looks at his service as a gift from God.  This service is a grace given to him.  

This is also no small task.  To preach to the Gentiles and to make the mystery of Christ easy to understand.  I don't know about you, but I still sometimes have a hard time talking and explaining things in an easy to understand manner.  But Paul took all this not only willingly, but graciously.  He thanked God for his opportunity to serve.

There have been numerous prior devotionals (not just by me) about using your gifts to serve God.  You may still be struggling with that, or you may have put those gifts to use.  Do you ever stop to thank God for those gifts and the opportunities those gifts have given you?  I have not.  I would always see that I was going out to bless God by using my gifts, but I never thanked him for those gifts in the first place.  

Be thankful for the opportunities we have to serve Christ, and for those gifts we have been blessed with that allow us to serve joyfully.

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