1 Chronicles 27

Here we see the breakdown of how Israel’s army was to work. Each family was to play a part, each tribe had a role, and everyone was involved. Today in the church, we forget that God still wants things to be the same. Being a Christian, contrary to popular belief, was never meant to be a spectator sport. We are all supposed to do the work of the ministry. We are all meant to be involved in the MISSION of the church!

In many churches today though, it is a small percentage of people that are doing the majority of the work… this tells me that a lot of people probably AREN’T REALLY AWARE OF WHAT THEIR PART IS SUPPOSED TO BE! Do you feel like you don’t know what your role in the body is? Do you feel like you know what it is that God has called you to do? If you don’t then the place to start is the mission of the church. We exist to make disciples… As Christians we are to be Disciples of Christ that are MAKING Disciples of Christ. We do this by following Jesus, and USING the gifts that He has given us. How do we know what our gifts are? Start serving. As we begin to serve the Lord, we will begin to learn exactly WHAT our gifts are; we will see where God is using us and where it just really isn’t happening. See, we all have a part, so no one is exempt!

I think we often just play “spectator” because we don’t feel like we are good at whatever we are observing, or maybe we know someone who is better. We forget the simple fact that God is not looking for ABILITY, He is looking for AVAILABILITY. We see in this chapter and the others that everybody has a part to play… so what is your part?