Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
I thought today of the connection between the words hospitality and hospital. Apparently, the archaic use is derived from hospice, a charitable home, house, or school. Consider how homes would open their doors to the passing stranger in ancient days.
The Bible tells us, as every man has received the gift, so minister. Consider the hospital setting. Within the establishment are:
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Orderlies
- Administrators
- Receptionists and
- Data entry specialists
- Etc
Each one is there to provide hospitality. Each one contributes to that hospitality by employing their own training. No one expects or wants the lady behind the computer to perform the surgeries. By doing what they have been trained (or gifted) to do, each one creates the ability of hospitality within the hospital.
God gifts Christians. We are not asked to do what he hasn’t gifted us to do. We are only asked to apply the gift He has given us to others.
That is hospitality.
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