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1 Corinthians 12:1,4-6 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed … Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
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Believing what God says about you – well that’s a lot harder. Because often, God says things that the world doesn’t say. The world tells you you’re worthless, while God tells you your worth, by showing the price He was prepared to pay to save you, by letting Jesus die for you.
The world tells you that you’re not talented, whilst God tells you that He’s given you a unique gift, a unique ability and not only that, He has a call on your life, a destiny planned for you to live out.
A carpenter hangs different tools off his belt. Two of the most common tools you’ll find there, are a hammer and a screwdriver. Let’s say he takes the screwdriver and starts to hammer a nail into a piece of wood, by gripping the shaft and whacking the nail with the plastic handle.
Is that a good use of the screwdriver? No! Is it the best way to get the nail into the wood? No! And yet, how many people are living their lives like that, simply because they haven’t yet figured out what God has to say about them? Because they don’t know the unique gift that God has given them; the call that God has placed on their lives? Well?!
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed … Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. (1 Corinthians 12:1,4-6)
In other words, God has given you certain gifts and those gifts are for the purpose, the service, the activities that He has planned for you to do. Hammers are for driving in nails. Screwdrivers are for screwing in screws. That’s obvious. But, you know, people tell you this, they tell you that. They shove you into a job that you were never made to do.
And then, then we wonder why we’re not happy. Why we’re under stress and pressure at the moment. Just picture that screwdriver being used to hammer in a nail. Is that what your life looks like today? Are you doing something you were never made to do?
God made you with a purpose in mind. He gave you a gift that fits, hand in glove, with the things He has for you to do. And it’s time to start believing what He says about you, rather than what the world says about you.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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