“God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God’s generosity can flow through you” (1 Peter 4:10 NLT).
Aaah, nothing like “falling back” in Daylight Savings Time, is there? An extra hour. A longer sleep. A day that seems a lot less rushed than usual.
Daylight Savings Time was instituted to help the American public manage their daylight time. To increase productivity. To help manage what’s been given—24 ours.
The Lord’s done the same. The gifts we’ve been given probably aren’t as apparent to us as tto those to whom we’ve ministered. The ways God intends us to show His love won’t be showy, spotlight kind of opportunities—they’ll come naturally, and quietly.
Managing our gifts is up to us. Managing does not, I repeat: does not, entail storing our gifts in a closet somewhere. Managing means looking for places where His love, the kind we can show, is needed most—and then showing it.
Sure, the time’s changed this weekend—His call for your life has not. Use the gifts He has blessed you with—and use them often. Be a good manager of God’s gifts to you.
Malinda Edgell
Illinois
PRAY TOGETHER: Today is Day 27 of 40 days of Prayer and Fasting with International Missions. (Follow the link to read daily requests from both International and Home Missions.)
