Assigned seats…ah the thought of an assigned seat brings mixed emotions. Do you remember having assigned seats in school? The teacher usually seemed to have a different understanding of who should sit by whom—and it was almost never with best friends! But in other situations an assigned seat brings peace of mind. It is great to know that when you go to a ballpark or board an airplane a seat is reserved especially for you. If you’ve got a ticket, you’ve got a seat. (By the way that is not true in regard to a church pew…there are no assigned seats…so move over already!)
Do you know that God has assigned you a seat—not to limit you but to anoint you? Every believer has a unique gift to use to bring glory to God and good to others. We call these spiritual gifts, and every believer has at least one, given by God upon our salvation. You should consider yourself blessed to receive a gift. God chose the gift He gave to you—it was not a haphazard kind of deployment. Your spiritual gift helps determine what role you play in the Church, a role that only you were meant to fill! So don’t unbuckle yourself and try to get into someone else’s seat. God put you there for a reason. Learn to enjoy the view from the seat God assigned you. This week we’ll hear personal stories of how people learned and use their spiritual gifts.
—Pastor Dan
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