“Believer, what are you doing, right now, to show God’s grace to others?” The Apostle Peter, in 1 Peter 4:10, reminds his readers that “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” (NIV). The Apostle Paul expands on this in Romans 12 saying, “If a man’s gift is … serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.” Whatever your gift is, use it. Use it to serve others because, if you don’t, then you are not faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. Brothers and sisters, God works his grace through people. Be one of those people.
This is excerpt from the sermon, Boaz: The Other Corner of God’s Smiling Face for Naomi, which can be found at February 2015.
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