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Gifts of the Spirit
I was minding my own business, or at least I think I was … just
getting a few chores done. I’m not sure if I was listening to a
Christian radio broadcast or not, or what else would have even
prompted this thinking. But, this verse came to mind … love
one another, as I have loved you. John 15:12.
I already knew however God has loved us is the way He wants us to
love and that doing so is our way of thanking Him for how He has
loved us.
Though, the thought came to mind that, except for the ways God
has loved us, it is impossible for us to know how to love. I
think I already knew that. However, somehow, the word
‘impossible’ stood out and, suddenly, it dawned on me …
If it is impossible to love, other than how God has loved us (and
that does seem logical, as love is who God is) that would also
mean that (in the area of Spiritual gifts) we would have first
had to receive a Spiritual gift before we would have the ability
to share that gift with others.
And, I thought, duh! Will we never be done learning that we
don’t know as much about God as we think we do?
Then, God showed me this verse. 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 Peter 4:10. And, right there it
is, in black and white! You aren’t just given a gift. You
actually have to receive one and with it comes the ability to
give it again.
So, that tells me that, in order to have the gift of miracles,
for example, you would have first had to receive the gift of
miracles. And, if you have received a miracle, you have the gift
of miracles ~ whether you know it or not.
Many of us have likely taken Spiritual Gifts Discovery Tests in
attempt to determine our Spiritual gifts. But, this is a sure
test in which we can ‘know’ our gifts and is also a measure by
which we can determine if we are being good stewards, using those
gifts, or not.
So, you just might want to think about it. You could have
abilities you hadn’t yet discovered!
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=A9 by Joyce C. Lock
http://iam.homewithGod.com/glimpsesofgod/
Author, poet, and columnist Joyce C. Lock writes
about our relationship with God and each other.
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