I am continuing my study of the word “gift” and this morning was again in the book of Acts where I was reminded that the gift of salvation is from God to those in need. The disciples were recruited by Jesus and were saved as a result of the gift He had for them. And God provides the same gift for others as well. The passage I read this morning is of Peter discussing his spending time with those deemed unclean. He explains that he was doing the will of God and was presenting the gift to them so that they would have the opportunity to accept it themselves.
“15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?” — Acts 11:15-17 (ESV)
The takeaway this morning is that I am to do the will of God in all that I do. I am to go where He wants me to go. I am to present His gift to all and those who accept will join Him in heaven and will also go and do all that He has asked. They to will present the gift to others as they are afforded the opportunity to accept and be saved.
I am but a conduit for the gift to be presented. It is not my gift to give, I am only the vessel from which the gift is presented. God’s gift of salvation is His and I as well as all that choose to accept, are the presenters of His gift to others in need.
What is your thought with regard to the gift of salvation? Are you of the impression that the gift is yours to give? What if you recognized that the gift is God’s and you are the one presenting that gift to those in need?
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