reflections
LIVING A LIFE FOR GOD AND OTHERS
BY DINO MICIANO
Everyday we wake up, we focus on ourselves. We take care of ourselves, we feed ourselves, we hope the day goes our way. But God didn’t just create us to live for ourselves, he created us for others.
God made us to help our neighbor. Who is our neighbor? It’s our family, it’s our church community, it’s our next door neighbors, it’s any one God puts in our lives.
1 Peter 2:9 - 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
You may think that being called by God is only for missionaries, pastors, evangelists and the like. We are all called to serve. And that just doesn’t take place on a Sunday morning worship service.
That is an everyday experience God wants us to go through.
God has given you unique talents and abilities to benefit others. He’s also gifted others to benefit you. Not sharing your abilities and talents to others, robs people of being blessed by what you can share to them. And if they don’t share their abilities and talents to you, you miss out.
For example, if you were mechanically inclined and skilled, wouldn’t it benefit a neighbor if you helped someone who doesn’t have a clue how a car engine works? Maybe your good with finances. Wouldn’t it help someone if you could advice them on how to budget and make investments to grow their wealth?
Culture usually dictates what you can get out of life and people. God on the other hand teaches us to give and make the most out of life by helping others.
When you use your abilities to help others, you will have a more fulfilling life. Romans 7:4 says - 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
We belong to God through Christ in order to bear fruit for God. That’s a life well lived, a life well spent.
Will you bear fruit for God by blessing someone today? Life isn’t all about us. It’s about your neighbor too.
Dino Miciano
Pastor
NetWork Christian Church
