Shape Week 1-A Call to Serve

Whether you are waiting for the “right time,” you feel like you’ve FINISHED your time, or you feel like you just don’t HAVE time, we are all called to serve. As Ephesians 2:10   states, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. As Paul boldly describes in this verse, we are more than just a happenstance creation. God created us to walk in His perfect will. In other words, God made each one of us uniquely to do something amazing for His kingdom! It’s also important to note that the “good works” God has equipped us with have been prepared in us beforehand (by God.) Likewise, if God leads us to serve on a specific platform, He has provided us with what we need to do so. Thus, whether you are intimidated by the thought of serving, or feel like throwing in the towel, we all must hold tight to the truth that God has created us on purpose for a purpose, and it is our duty to fulfill this call.

Furthermore, it is essential to follow the call God has placed on our lives because if we don’t, we are interfering with His perfect plan. Sure, God could probably find someone else to get the job done. However, when we are complacent or timid with our service, we detach ourselves from His plan, thus forfeiting what He had planned to do in and through us.

Finally, as a church we are called to serve. The Bible states in Romans 4-5, ⁴ For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, ⁵ so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Each of us has been created to fulfill a specific role, whatever that may be. Likewise, each one of our different “functions” play an important role in the “body” of Christ, and we must all use the gifts God has given us to effectively serve. Therefore, if we all submit our unique abilities to God’s direction, we are able to function as the body of Christ, ultimately completing His perfect will.

Taking it a step further:

Step 1: Find out what your gifts are. What has God created in you that is unique?

Step2: Find a platform. Pray and ask God, “How can I use the gifts you have given me to serve you?”

Step 3: Make service a part of your everyday routine. Service isn’t just something that should take place on Sunday mornings. Constantly, God seeks to use our gifts to carry out His plan.  Make it a part of your daily prayer life to ask the question, “God, what are you up to today and how can I be a part of it? (Quote- Pastor Aaron)”

Written by: Tamara Sturdivant