12-20-06 1 Peter 4:10

1 Peter 4:10 (KJ21)
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 4:10 (NAS)
As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 4:10 (NIVUS)
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.

1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)
God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God’s generosity can flow through you.

God has fashioned something especially for you, by His favor and His grace. You, therefore, should not hesitate to receive what He desires to give. It is a gift by which faith, knowledge, virtue, and holiness will be displayed through you. Since you have received extraordinary power to serve the church of Christ, you help other believers to be blessed with divine grace that operates on their souls by the Holy Spirit. God's gift, working through you, displays His kindness and benevolence, His forgiveness and pardon, and His restoration and preservation.

You are His servant and minister. As you wait on His people, you provide those things necessary to sustain their lives--spiritual and natural. Since you are faithful to carry out the commands of your Lord, the Master of your life, you are a commendable and admirable manager in Adonai's house. You are complete and in harmony with God's will.

Because of your honor and excellence, you have been made an overseer of His flocks. He allows you to give freely of various facets of His grace. Through you others see His nature, which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm and loveliness. He has given you grace of speech to declare His good will, loving-kindness, and favor. You constantly tell of His mercy, forgiveness, and pardon. In you He displays His strength and power. You are a portrait of your Father, who constantly increases you in knowledge and all other Christian virtues. Others see how you are blessed and prospering, thriving in every area of your life.

You are a salty believer who causes others to thirst for the kind of relationship that you have with your heavenly Father. Rejoice and be glad in what He has done in you and is doing through you; for you are His son and humble servant.