A Call To Serve

1st Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Quickword: A Call To Serve

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, stated “Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”

Each of us have received gifts from God. The question is what are we doing with our gifts. Are the gifts given to us being used for personal gain only, or will these gifts given to us be used to glorify God. This is the relevant question that can only be answered individually. This text in 1st Peter, chapter 4 is a call for all of us to serve or to elevate our service.

- Everyone has been gifted to serve in some capacity

- We are call to minister and serve one another to the best of our abilities

- The level and quality of our service should represent the manifold Grace of God.

I was challenge yesterday by someone I admire greatly to elevate my service. I was chastised and encouraged in a loving manner to quit waiting on others to do what I know needs to be done and to quit making excuses about why I’m not elevating my service based on the gifts and grace given to me by God. I’m probably not the only one who can elevate their service. Pray for me as I pray for you as we seek the Lord‘s guidance in how we can elevate our service and impact our church, communities and cities. Dr. King’s words still resonate today, “ Everybody can be great because everybody can serve”. My brothers and sisters, let’s get to work, there is no time to waste.