. "As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11. If any man speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God gives; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen"
I knew that when I was discharged from the Navy in 1960 that I was to be a preacher. I could not have satisfied God's call on my life by teaching a Sunday School class, being a deacon in a local church, or by singing in the choir. God, as shocking as this was to my friends, had called me to preach the gospel. Though, frankly, my life did not show it, I had been dealing with this call from the time of was twelve-years-old. The Christian ministry was to be my stewardship. Every Christian has a "stewardship" from God. You also have a "stewardship" from God if you are a Christian. Whatever our stewardship is, we are not to take it lightly, but we are to be go about it seriously. You might ask, "Is my teaching in the children's department in Sunday School a stewardship?" For the sake of the children that you will teach, I hope you view it as a stewardship from God. There is not a Christian service that is not serious, and according to our text, we should carry out that stewardship in a serious manner, because it is a gift from God to help us carry out His eternal purpose. If you teach Sunday School in a church so far out in the country that it is almost off the map, it is a stewardship from God and should be taken seriously. What is your stewardship? If you are a Christian you have a stewardship from God. If you do not know that your stewardship is, then you need to discover it, and use it seriously as a call from God. If you really want to know what God wants you to do in His service, go to Him prayer and I will assure you that He will let you know. We should not ask "What can I do?' We should ask "What am I supposed to do?" Then get at it. Bro. Joe Bro. Joe
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