Praising
Read 1 Peter 4.7-11
“‘.. each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others..” (1 Pet.4.10)
Submission is a core value of the kingdom of God: it finds expression in the way we relate to others – loving deeply, extending hospitality eagerly, serving faithfully – and to the end that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.
How does Peter envisage that an awareness of the proximity of ‘the end’ (v.7) will stir believers to embrace this kingdom value?
What are the gifts you’ve received to serve others, and what will it mean for you today faithfully to be ‘administering God’s grace’?
Prayer: God of peace, sanctify me through and through that my whole spirit, soul and body may be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.