Dear Heavenly Father, I want to start off by thanking you for the opportunity to reach people and spread Your word. I ask that it comes out the way that it is intended to do so. I thank you for the readers and ask a special blessing on their lives that whatever they are going through, they know that You and You alone can work it out. You have been a blessing to my life and I ask that I can be one to theirs. For these things I ask in Jesus name. Amen.
Today I think I will get straight to the point.
There are people all across the world that have different things, that look different from us, were raised differently than we were, or something else. I want you to know that your difference is not a deficiency. An easy way to put this is in working with spiritual gifts.
When you see the word deficit, what does it mean? According to dictionary.com deficit has the following meanings:
1. The amount by which expenditures or liabilities exceed income or assets.
2. A lack or shortage; deficiency.
3. A disadvantage, impairment, or handicap
Lord knows if I could have picked a talent, it would have been to sing. I love music, but I’m not that great when it comes to singing. Don’t get me wrong, I can hold a note, but singing is just not my forte. Does this mean that I am useless to God because I can sing to him? I’m hoping you know the answer to that; the answer is no!
Many of you know the passage in 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 which states: “ 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.”
Even though I am unable to sing the way that I wish God had intended on me to do, I am still a part of this spiritual body. God has blessed me with other gifts. My difference is not my deficit in the body of Christ.
This body of Christ was mentioned before in the Bible in Romans 12:4-6a where it reads: “4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.”
The reading continues on to tell us about our placements in the body. Just because you were not given the gift of preaching, teaching, singing, prophesying or even leading does not mean that you are not welcomed in the House of God. The hardest part to finding your spiritual gift is when your gift isn’t prominent of visible at first glance. In my journey to finding out who I am and what my purpose is, I have learned that it’s okay if I’m not a teacher (I don’t always have the patience) or a preacher (I get nervous talking in front of people). I know that I am not where God has placed my purpose, but I take it day by day to get to where I’m going.
God has put us where He needs us most. It would be impossible for a body to function if all parts were legs; you would be able to walk but without sight to see where you are walking and without sound to hear what God is telling you to do next…not to mention very oddly built.
Just because one person is able to do something you are not does not mean that you have a deficiency and are useless. When you learn what your gift is and begin working in that gift, there is nothing and no one that will be able to stop you from what God has created you to do. Have you ever wondered why every time you hear “that song” you want to cry, shout, scream or lay prostrate? It’s because that artist has been blessed with the gift of music and in that gift it is ministry to others. The same can go for preachers. Knowing what your gift is and working in it doesn’t always means someone is going to start running, screaming, crying or falling out. You may have been given a gift of service and serving others doesn’t “give them the holy ghost”, but a way to show the God in you is by helping. Jesus did more than teach to the masses, he served people. Remember him feeding those people with just two fish and five loaves of bread? My point is that there is more than just what you can see as gifts.
Here are a few sites you can go to that may help you figure out your spiritual gifts:
I have been through all of the sites above and then some, but I felt that these three would be beneficial to you. I hope and pray that you are able to figure out your gift with the help and guidance of Christ, and if you know what you are meant to be doing, I hope and pray that you grow within your gifts and help others to find theirs. We all were created to do one thing, and that is minister.
I will leave you with this verse and be on my way, but before I go…look out for Part 2 on its way soon!
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
So go and make disciples, knowing that the Lord is with you in all you do!
God bless
Really good blog. Welcome word.
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