Heaven's Inheritance!

For Sunday, April 28, 2024:

Colossians 3:24 NLT: “Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.”

Know that there is a plan and that you have a purpose. God didn’t just make a bunch or humans, scatter them around and hope for the best!

Knowing Jesus and accepting his gift deals with our sin problem. But in the hereafter, each of us will come face to face with our Creator as he asks, “How did you do with the work I assigned to you? You are my hands and feet on earth; I put your name on certain things. How did that go?”

Start by identifying your gifts and talents. The Bible says that God will not send you on a mission without equipping you to handle it, and he has most likely equipped you in advance. Your work for the Lord probably involves something in which you can excel!

Next, look for where God is already working, and jump in there. Be kind; be helpful; be joyful! Figure out the next right thing to do, something that adds value to what God has already started.

We should all want to hear our Creator say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship

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