There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.
Oscar Hammerstein (1846-1919, German theatrical impresario)
Romans 12:6-8
According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the standard of faith; if service, in service; if teaching, in teaching; if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness. (HCSB)
Before we leave these verses, I think it important that we look at the fervor in which they are given to us. It is not just that you are given a gift, for a gift is never reaped fully until it is opened. Many people have gifts, but they are not exercised simply because they are aware of what opening that gift will cost them.
Once you open a gift it begs you to use it. If it is a basketball, it begs to be bounced and thrown at a metal ring. If it is a baseball, it also asks that you get someone else together to use it. It must be thrown to be hit, and it needs a glove to catch it before it hits the ground.
So it is with the gifts that God has given us. He gives us an aurora in which they must be used…diligently and cheerfully. It is a gift that draws from us our very best, God designed it that way to grow us up and improve us, and to goad us into drawing others to walk along side of us in excited service to our Great and Wonderful God…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Oscar Hammerstein (1846-1919, German theatrical impresario)
Romans 12:6-8
According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the standard of faith; if service, in service; if teaching, in teaching; if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness. (HCSB)
Before we leave these verses, I think it important that we look at the fervor in which they are given to us. It is not just that you are given a gift, for a gift is never reaped fully until it is opened. Many people have gifts, but they are not exercised simply because they are aware of what opening that gift will cost them.
Once you open a gift it begs you to use it. If it is a basketball, it begs to be bounced and thrown at a metal ring. If it is a baseball, it also asks that you get someone else together to use it. It must be thrown to be hit, and it needs a glove to catch it before it hits the ground.
So it is with the gifts that God has given us. He gives us an aurora in which they must be used…diligently and cheerfully. It is a gift that draws from us our very best, God designed it that way to grow us up and improve us, and to goad us into drawing others to walk along side of us in excited service to our Great and Wonderful God…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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