SERVE - The Rear Guard

Hi CCW, I wanted to follow up with our topic from Sunday; The Rear Guard.  There were three important points that I made on Sunday.

#1 - Our call to participate is EQUAL

Each of us have been given gifts and abilities, according to what Paul wrote to the church in Corinth:

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills (1 Cor 12:7,11)

In other words you have been anointed and appointed with a call of God based on the wisdom and will of the Holy Spirit, who has the ultimate purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ. Your gift is no more or less important that anyone else’s gift. What IS important is that you discover and utilize your gift.

#2 - Our call to action is DIFFERENT

…based on the gift that God has given you, and the ability to utilize that gift. Paul noted “…the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” In other words each one of us has a different makeup, different gifts, different abilities, a different purpose, and each of those purposes are important:  Whether your call to action is to be on the front line, in the supply line, or in the prayer line, your call to action is NEEDED and IMPORTANT to the kingdom.  

And that call to action will be different for each based on ability.  Think about it:

A high schooler can reach a group of people that I, as a fifty-year-old, cannot reach as effectively. As well, that young person can work harder, and longer than I can.  So that young person's call to action is different than mine.

By the same token, an older person can reach people that the high schooler might not be able to reach. That older man or woman will have greater wisdom, and greater knowledge to apply to a situation.  Their call to action is different, but both are valuable

#3 - Our reward is the SURE:

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. (Matt 16:27)

Note that our reward is not given according to the things we might think:

• Not according to the result.
• Not according to the magnitude of impact.
• Not according to the heat of the battle we endured.
• Not according to the risk we took.
• Nor according to what other people think of us.

Our reward is according to “his works.” In other words, our reward will be based on the things we do in obedience to the word of God and the leading of His Holy Spirit.

So regardless of whether you are on the front line, the supply line, or the prayer line, your place in the kingdom is important.

So what’s stopping you?  Below is a link to the first step – SERVE.  Click the link, fill out the form, and see what God does!

To discover your gift and USE it - CLICK HERE!  

In His Service, 

Pastor Clay