THE MAIN THEME:  CHANGING YOUR WORLD

TITLE: USING YOUR GIFT FOR GOD’S GLORY

The bible verse for today’s devotional is : 1 Peter 4:10-11 (NIV)

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Devotional

Dumebi had just discovered his love for music and playing musical instruments. He joined the teen church band and began to practice during their rehearsal days.  Dumebi is so versatile that within a short period he had mastered to play the drums and piano.

His friend introduced him to another circular band. They welcomed him because he is so talented at what he does. They pay him for every event he featured, soon some of these events were on Sundays. Dumebi started missing the Teen Church because he had to attend an event in the evening.   

Gradually, Dumebi became too comfortable with the money he was earning at the expense of his service to God’s house. He forgot that God can help him own his own band and become an employer of talented people and still make much money from his band. The bible says seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and every other thing that the world is seeking after will be yours.

Remember your talent is God’s gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to God. First acknowledge God as the giver, then enquire of the Lord how he would want you to serve him and humanity with the gift.  Our text for today reminds us to use our gift to serve one another willingly with all our strength and energy because God is the supplier of everything we have, then shall everything we do bring glory to Him. I know you want your gift to bring glory to God.

Here are a few reflective questions:

1. How have I deployed my gift to serve God and humanity?
2. Am I a faithful steward of God’s gift? What can I do differently today?

Let us Pray:

Thank you, Lord for your word to me today. I repent of any way I have abuse the gift you place in my life to serve you and humanity.  I receive the grace to make right decision today that through my gift Lord your name will forever be glorified in Jesus name Amen

Please say these words of affirmation after me. Say them, mean them, own them and live them:

• I am God's masterpiece
• I am resourceful to both God and man

I’ll see you tomorrow.

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