Even if you know what your good at, you may not know how that’s going to translate into a specific ministry area. So, let’s start with God’s Word.
After giving us a few “leadership” roles, Paul talks in general terms to the rest of the Body of Christ. Here’s verse 16 from the New Living Translation:
“He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.” (Ephesians 4:16 NLT)
I don’t want you to feel like you have to figure it all out before the end of the week, just agree that you’re a special part of something really amazing. Whatever part you play, or however you serve, the Body will benefit…and so will the world around us.
Oh yes, one more thing. YOU ARE GOOD AT SOMETHING. God said so!
Start serving somewhere. You may like it, you may not. It may teach you more about yourself and God may use it to equip you for the role He eventually wants you to plug into.
The more you spend time with Him every day, the better you’ll become at hearing His voice and seeing His plan for you. Yep, it ALL goes together!
Prayer thought:
“…so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.”
Let that verse be our focus as we serve together.
Lord, please show me where you are calling me to serve for this season. Help me to have a grateful heart for whatever you ask of me. Help me to experience you in a new way each time I serve. Let my focus be you. I want to be healthy and growing and full of love, I want to always be a blessing to you and others. Please guard my heart from bitterness and my mind from weariness. Give me your strength and your desires. Thank you for wanting to use me—whatever you ask of me, I will do. Amen.
