Your Presents from God: Spiritual Gifts

We often think of our physical blessings as our gifts from God.  While He does meet our needs and some of our wants in the form of blessings, He has and even better present in store for you.  Part of being a Christian is finding and using your spiritual gifts for the glorification of God and the service of your Church.   By His grace, God has appointed each of His believers one or more gifts - this includes you.  He wants you to:  know what your gift is, develop the gift, and use the gift for His glory. 

Your gift(s) may stem form a natural talent you already have or it may be a skill or attribute you need to cultivate.  If you are not sure what you gift is, you should pray for endowment and revelation from God.  You may choose to take one of the many assessments for determining your spiritual gift(s).  You may try doing various functions within the Church-body to find your joy.  

"One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, 

and gave gifts unto men." - Ephesians 4:6-8 (KJV) 

Find joy?  Yes, using the gift(s) God gave you should result in personal joy, as well as the reward of selflessness.  If you are doing what God meant you to do, you will be more blessed and happy.  Just waiting or observing does not help you grow in the Lord.  Sitting still does not increase your blessings and it does not bring lots of joy.  Yes, you do get some joy in praying. learning, singing, worshiping, and seeking the Lord.  Just imagine how much much more joy there can be in serving Him with your spiritually endowed gifts!

There are several spiritual gifts.  These gifts are typically divided into three categories by modern theology.  Together, we will explore them in additional posts using three M's (3M) method.  The 3M categories are Manifestation, Ministry, and Motivational.