In the Master's service

"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.: 1 Peter 4:10.

A person who boasts of his gifts as if they were part of him often is not at all concerned about what becomes of God's honour or welfare of his neighbour. The Apostle Peter reminds us to attend to our occupation and faithfully do whatever is demanded of us. For no work is nobler than obedience in the calling and work God has assigned to each one. Many fickle, unstable believers think to much of themselves to continue in their calling. They stir up nothing but mischief and have no grace to do anything good. For they do not use their talents in the service for their neighbour; they use them only for their own glory and advantage.

Self promotion has a way of crowding out self sacrifice. Self promotion says, "hold on to what you have, and use it to your fullest advantage." Self sacrifice says, "be willing to release what you have, that you might become God's channel of blessing in the life of another.

Matthew 27:40, 42 The taunts were loud and ugly: "come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God... He saves others....but he can't save himself!" The crowd had jeered. If they had only known...... What they were seeing was not limited power but limitless love. "Freely you have received," He told His followers. And you might have excepted what He said next: "Freely give." (Matthew 10:8).

Showing ungrudging hospitality to other Christians means more than opening your home to them. It means making room in your busy day to pray for them. It means gladly sharing yourself and all you have and are. I pray and praise God that as you make room in your heart for others, you do so because He has made your heart His home. God bless.