In His goodness, God has seen to it that each of His children receives gifts.  The Father gave us gifts in Romans 12, which we refer to as motivational gifts; the Holy Spirit gives gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, which are referred to as spiritual gifts, and then the Son gives gifts to the church in Ephesians 4, which are the equipping gifts. In other words, we are very well-gifted as followers of Jesus Christ.   God has not withheld anything from us.

So what are we to do with these gifts?

1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

To have a gift and not minister it to others is to reject the calling of a good steward.  God, by His grace, gave us gifts for a purpose.  To withhold these gifts from blessing others is to ignore the calling of stewarding the grace we received.

By His grace, He gave us gifts.  We do not earn these gifts.  These gifts are truly gifts.

But these gifts are given with purpose.  They are not given to us as individuals for selfish purposes.

They are given to add to our abundance of grace so that we have something to give to others.

“Such as I have give I unto you.”  You cannot offer to others what you do not know you possess.

But here, it is made clear that every believer possesses a gift of some kind from God.  We have all received grace.

Grace kept to ourselves is wrong stewardship.  Grace generously on display towards others is proper stewardship.  In other words, we did nothing to merit the gift of His grace, and we shouldn’t expect others to perform to get it.  God wants to minister to others through us according to the gift we were given.

Do you know your gift?  Better yet, do you know the gift that you are to others?

There’s no such thing as a bankrupt believer in Jesus.  It isn’t possible that God would leave out even one of His dearly loved children.  he does not have trouble knowing who belongs to Him, and he does not suffer memory loss when dispensing gifts to His children.   You have a gift, and you are a gift for the benefit of others.

Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace—who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—21 may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.

I pray you will be encouraged to be a good steward of the gift you have received and that many will be blessed, enriched, and encouraged in their journey in Christ because of it.