As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of the many-sided grace of God. 1 Peter 4:10, TLV
Things are Bad? So… Context. It’s interesting to note that Peter believes that the “end of all things is near” (vs. 7). He indicates that things are really getting bad, including suffering and persecution for their faith.
Amid this, Peter exhorts and encourages his readers to be hospitable and loving to one another. To use the gifts God has given them in service to one another rather than our own pursuits. And to be good and honest stewards of the gifts our Heavenly Father has graciously given. In other words, business was as usual despite the chaos and the supposed-impending return of Yeshua.
It seems that even in the most difficult of times, we as children of the Creator of the Universe, are to reach out to our brothers and sisters in Messiah and operate in the gifts He has given us.
As “the end of all things nears,” are our
hearts and homes opened to our brothers and sisters in Messiah? Or are we afraid and otherwise keep ourselves isolated?
Are we stewarding the gifts God has given us by serving our family and community? Or waiting until Jesus returns?
Worth pondering?
