How has God called you to serve?
During our readings over the past few weeks we have seen God call Moses to serve by helping set the captives free, calling Aaron and his sons to serve as priest to help bring an opportunity of repentance to the people, and in today's reading God called Bezalel to build the tabernacle to help remind the people that God and his kingdom is among them (Ex35:30-36).
What I love about the calling of Bezalel, just like the calling of Moses, is that God shows us that he does not call the qualified. God did not and does not look down and search out the equipped to do his work. Ex. 35:31 speaks about the calling of Bezalel, "and he (God) has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts…" and in verse 34 God has given him "the ability to teach others." God looks upon us and sees opportunity and then he equips us to serve in all those areas of opportunity.
We are equipped by God with spiritual gifts for acts of service (1 Corinthians 12) and he also equips us with the fruit of the spirit, His Spirit, (Galatians 5) to live each day where he has us so that we may serve him by helping to set captives free, lead them to repentance and show them that God and his kingdom are not far but that he is with us to help us and guide us.
Wherever God has you today, whether with a family member, co-worker, friend, waitress, cab driver, accountant, doctor, or strangers along the way, ask God to equip you to serve him according to whatever the opportunity may be. Opportunities come as varied as the people God uses to fulfill them. Sometimes it may be taking a moment out of your busy schedule to help lend a hand to someone you see on the side of the road. Sometimes it may mean calling a loved one who is struggling with whom you have felt helpless. It may even mean showing kindness to someone who has shown you contempt. All are opportunities that God is able to use for his kingdom building purposes. All are opportunities in which God will equip you to speak, act, and serve according to the need.
No more excuses on your part. The only thing you need to have is a willing heart and God will provide everything else you need to serve. I am confident of this, if we ask God to use us today and to equip us according to the need he will answer. No job is too small and no job is too big in the kingdom of God.
So, How is God calling you to serve today? Better yet, are you willing to trust the Lord and be used?
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