From last's week general overview of giving as seen through the lens of the question: "What if I didn't give...?" we sharpen the focus and reflect on what if we did not give our time and talents.
Never see beyond yourself -- I had a Chemistry teacher my Jr. year in high school who told me that if you are going through a rough time, you need to do something for someone else. When we offer our gifts for God's work, it helps us recognize our connections to others and our responsibility as we live our our relationship to others.
The church cannot live fully into its calling as the body of Christ. Paul's discussion of the different gifts people have for different tasks is made in the context of what makes up the church.
If we did not give our time and talents, people/ministries would be impacted.
Grow into who we are as followers of Christ -- discover gifts we did not know we have; use gifts that we already do have -- see connection between the talents we have and the God who gives them to us.
When Moses tells God that he cannot speak well enough to lead the Israelites, God offers up Aaron, Moses' brother who does have the gift of being able to speak well. A reminder that God provides the gifts we need and that it takes more than just our own gifts to do God's work.
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