Serving!

For Thursday, May 19, 2022:

Romans 12:7-8 NLT: “If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”

When faith calls us to join up with other believers, we serve out of gratitude for what Jesus did for us. The Lord created unique gifts and talents within each of us that we can add to the Christian resource pool, and we are called to do so.

To this I would add that we shouldn’t serve where we’re not gifted, where we have little talent. Our God deserves nothing but our best efforts, so we should serve doing what we can best do.

When God taps you on the shoulder, consider saying ‘yes.’

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406