Some people work best under the pressure of a deadline. I'm one of them. There's a special urgency when you know you only have a limited time to produce. It seems to sharpen the focus of my mind and help my concentration level. I'm definitely more committed to the task at hand. This is a talent that God has given me.
God has given us a unique combination of abilities, skills, and gifts.
1 Peter 4: 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
God has created each of us in a particular way with certain natural abilities and skills. God made you uniquely you, there is no one exactly like you. Even if you are an identical twin, you are not exactly like your twin. Your personality will be different; your abilities will be different because that was the way God intended to create you.
God has given us each differing abilities in order to complement one another. You are able to do things well that I cannot do. I am able to do things well that you can’t do well, but when we bring them together we are able to accomplish what God has called us to do.
I have three other brothers and no sisters (God Bless my Mom!) My older brother, he was the athlete of the family. My second youngest brother, he was multi-talented but a very analytical, funny and intelligent person. My youngest brother, he was the mechanic of the bunch. Me? I was the imagination, the artist (though I can’t draw to save my life), the dreamer.
Separately we do well, but you put us together... we are the life of the party! We are very protective of each other and we love each other dearly. I tell people this because even though we are blood brothers: even though we get along very well, even though we grew up together; even though we are like 4 peas in a pod. We are very different!
This is how God set it up to be! We are created with certain talents or abilities, and we are created with natural abilities. The sad reality is that many people, even Christians, have never really explored who God has made you to be. Sometimes these abilities are there, but are never discovered and never utilized, or we take it for granted not thinking that it is anything special. Most people have not tapped into all the potential God has given us.
The Bible tells us we are given special abilities called spiritual gifts. These gifts are significant to us as Christians because we are the only ones who receive these supernatural gifts because they are given by the Holy Spirit when we put our faith in Jesus Christ. When we believe that Jesus died for us, and we follow him, the Bible tells us we are filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38). The Holy Spirit in turn gives us these special gifts as he chooses. God creates every person with natural abilities; however spiritual gifts are given only to those who have faith in Christ.
Some of us look at ourselves and we think, “I certainly don’t have any gifts,” or,”I don’t see any special abilities in my life.” But we need to see ourselves the way God sees us (Rom. 12:3). When God looks at us he sees us for who we are, individuals who are beautifully and wonderfully created and gifted. We know God has promised us that we have at least one gift, when we identify and use that gift(s), we become supernatural Christians.
1 Peter 4:10-11 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms
The Apostle Paul compares the church to a body with many parts. Just as a body has many parts; eyes, ears, feet, which function together in harmony so that the body works the way it should, so the church has many parts, you and I, and each one of us has a part to play by serving one another. When we don’t play our part it affects everyone around us, it is like having a body part that doesn’t function. We call that sickness, the body is sick when even one part doesn’t work right. The church is sick when even one person isn’t using their God given abilities and gifts in some form of service.
If you are not partaking in the body, at Church; if you are not using your abilities, Talents or gifts God gave you, the best way you can; then you are making the body sick. It’s not functioning correctly!
We have a gift to share, are you sharing it?
Or are we still sick?
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