Entrusted: Your First 35 Days as a Steward

Day 27 of 35 · Week 4: Stewardship of Resources

Your Gifts Are Resources Too

Resources are not only money. God has also given you abilities, experiences, and spiritual gifts.

Peter writes: "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms" (1 Peter 4:10).

Read that again. Your gifts are not for you alone. They are grace that God wants to flow through you to others.

Paul lists some of these gifts in Romans: serving, teaching, encouraging, giving, leading, and showing mercy. Some people are gifted to speak. Others are gifted to serve behind the scenes. Every gift matters.

You may not know your gifts yet. That is normal for a new believer. Here are a few ways to find them:

• Notice what you enjoy doing for others.
• Ask people who know you well where they see you make a difference.
• Try serving in different areas at your church.

You will often discover your gifts by using them, not by thinking about them.

Your past is also a resource. The struggles God brought you through can become comfort for someone facing the same thing. Nothing in your story is wasted in God's hands.

God did not save you to sit in the stands. He gifted you to play a part.

Pray

Lord, thank You for the gifts You have placed in me, even the ones I do not see yet. Help me discover them and use them to serve others. Let Your grace flow through me. Amen.

Today's Scripture (NIV)

• 1 Peter 4:10-11
• Romans 12:4-8
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4