I recently spent several days with a CEO who, though he manages billions of dollars, found little energy in accumulating profits or plotting acquisitions. Rather, his passion surged when pondering how to employ capital to create goodness for others: launching high-tech schools in developing countries, urging companies to support their workers, and leveraging influence to illuminate shadowy boardrooms.

Another friend, a communications director for a research university, recently included me in a group email where she was organizing a long-term plan to gather support (meals, rides, donations) for a high school girl facing chemotherapy treatments. And then another friend, who has a knack for interrogating complexities, delved into the crisis surrounding the alarming death rate of honeybees and the catastrophic implications for our food supply. He passed along practical information about how we (in simple ways) could help the bees—making for a healthier ecosystem for ourselves and our neighbors.

Three very different people, in a variety of locations and seasons of life and each with vastly distinct skill sets and resources, offering who they are and whatever assets they have in the service of others. This is precisely how Peter challenged us to live: “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:10).

Peter said nothing about how much (or how little) influence or expertise or money we have. He was disinterested in any pecking order of more (or less) important work or impact. Rather, the apostle assured us that God has entrusted each of us with some gift(s) to use on behalf of others.

Winn Collier, Our Daily Bread Author

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