Get In The Game - wk2

"How I Serve"

1 Peter 4:7-11

Bryan Jones

 

Last Sunday we began a sermon series on serving called “Get in the Game.”  Gary showed us that as believers, “servant” is our identity and our calling.  It is who we are and what we do.  This Sunday we will look at how, as followers of Christ, we are called to serve.

Our focus this week will be on Peter’s instructions in 1 Peter 4:7-11.  A few verses earlier, Peter tells us that we are priests.  (1 Peter 2:9)  Priests are called to be the middle men between God and man.  They usher people into the presence of God.  Peter tells us that as priests, there are three things we are required to do.

First, Peter tells us we are to pray.  We are to step away from the busyness of our lives and spend time talking to God.  Next we are told that we are to love others with God’s agape love – deeply and unconditionally.  And last, Peter tells us that we are to use our gifts – our time, our money, and our God-given abilities – to serve others.

I hope you will join me Sunday as we spend some time learning from Peter how God wants us to serve.  You and I are priests.  We are chosen by God to serve.