1 Corinthians 12:4-11 speaks of spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts are given to each of us so we can help each other. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they are all given by God. God is a God of variety so your gift will look different from your neighbor. One may have the gift of wise advice. Another may have a gift of great faith. Still, another may have a gift of healing, either physically, mentally, or spiritually. One may prophesy. Another may have great discernment. There are many gifts, and every believer has at least one.

Laziness will never be blessed by the Lord. Rest is blessed by the Lord with a whole day dedicated to it, but rest comes after a working session. Being lazy usually happens before the work. We are procrastinating and therefore sit still for way too long binge-watching the next streaming show, one after another.

Working hard by serving the Lord enthusiastically will bring much better and more fulfilling results. Practice your spiritual gift by using it steadily to help as many people as possible. Good use of your gifting comes only by practice. Keep doing it. Fan the ember into flames and you will help more people than you think possible. When we practice our gifts, God is with us helping our efforts to succeed. Step away from fear and timidity and into power, love, and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:6-7).

We often pray for our own situations, but we should also pray to spend more time praying for others. Jesus commanded that we pray for family, friends, fellow believers, and even our enemies. So, we should pray for others as much as possible. When you hear that someone is going through a hard time, pray for them. When you learn of someone committing sin, pray they will repent. When you watch, listen to, or read the news, there are a plethora of things to pray for. Our world is a mess most of the time. We all need lots of prayer, so pray multiple times a day.

We have a great high priest, Jesus, the Son of God, who is willing to listen to our pleas and sympathize with our weaknesses. So, let us draw near to Him often at His throne of grace. There we receive mercy and grace in our many times of need (Hebrews 4:14-16).

We love God by serving other people. So, every day, look for ways to serve and help. Offer your bodies and your schedule to God because of all that He has done for you. Give back to Him by serving people. Making yourself available within your daily activities makes you a living and holy sacrifice. Sometimes God interrupts our daily schedules with divine appointments. Help a person who is hurt. Share with a person in need. Listen to a person’s troubles. Take a few moments to pray for someone. Smile at the person that may be having a very bad day. Sometimes helping can take a large part of your day but at other times it only takes a few minutes. Always do something to help whenever you can. And remember that we can do more than we think we can.

Don’t imitate the world’s ways of being too busy and only thinking of your own needs. Let God expand your view to include all the others that are all around you every day.

Living your daily life for God by serving others is truly the way to worship Him.

Luke 6:38 exhorts us to give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full, and not only that, it will be pressed down and shaken together to make room for more. The blessing will run over as it is poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back. In other words, a lifestyle of giving is full of rewards so give wholeheartedly because you really care for other people. Sometimes the rewards are instantaneous but at other times they are building up the rewards you will receive in heaven.