Saturday October 14, 2023

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

When you stand between the rails of a long, straight railroad track, the two rails seem to converge in the distance—as if you are standing on the base of a long, thin triangle looking toward the point. The rails don’t really converge, of course, but they appear to.

For most people, life takes on the shape of a long triangle receding into the future. As infants, we stand on a broad base with a life’s worth of possibilities before us. But fast forward to life’s later years, and we should be standing somewhere near the point—a life well defined and well spent. A child doesn’t know what he will become—doesn’t know his gifts and strengths and abilities. But we hope that adults have allowed the sides of the triangle to gradually narrow until they have found their niche. Discovering the spiritual gifts God has given us is part of the process of learning about ourselves. Spiritual gifts are God’s way of saying, “This is who you are and what you should do.”

If you feel as if you’re living in a rectangle rather than a triangle, ask God to sharpen your focus—to make you the best possible steward of the grace He has revealed in your life.

Stewardship is what a man does after he says, “I believe.”
W. H. GREAVES

David Jeremiah, Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions (Tyndale, 2014)
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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