“Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:9-10).
The call of stewardship is to serve others. As the Lord served us, we are to serve one another. Each according to the gifts the Lord has given them. What then? Only this, do not focus upon yourself, but look at what the Lord is asking you to do and then learn how to faithfully follow the Lord’s call. We each have been given God’s grace and in that grace are called to serve one another.
Lord, this world encourages us to be selfish and think about ourselves before others. You tell us to go outside of ourselves and do what is right according to the gifts we have been given. Guide me Lord in the right way to live so that I may humbly do as You say. Teach me how to be a faithful steward of the gifts You have given me in order that I may now and always walk according to Your call.
Lord Jesus, You who are God in the flesh, You have walked among us in ordinary guise. You were humble and came to serve, even though You are worthy of all serving You. In Your example, help me to live into the life for which You have redeemed me. Guide me in Your grace to live faithfully as You impute Your righteousness into me. Guide me dear Lord in the eternal way You have shown me. Amen.
