Got A Spiritual Gift You Can Spare?

Do you give to your church? The place you go, Sunday after Sunday? Do you support that church in a financial way or through the giving of your gifts and talents to be used for the glorification of the Lord Jesus Christ along with that body of believers?

There are several places in God's Word that are very direct in the giving of ourselves to the body of believers. It has also been very confusing over the years as to "what" to give and "How much" to give. If you are a "tither" in your fellowship, that's wonderful, but perhaps you are not at that level of your Christian maturity but you need to understand that no matter where the Bible speaks of giving, finances are never the only thing that the church has need of.

God has blessed each one of us with a talent, or spiritual gift to be used for His Glory and if you are not extending that gift within your fellowship, it really doesn't matter how much money you give, you are cheating God, and yourself.

Spiritual Gifts are divine endowments, and they are used for spiritual purposes. Spiritual gifts are mentioned in several places in the Bible but I think a good place to find several of them is in First Corinthians 12. Verse 7 says "But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." That means they are abilities God has given to us to make our unique contribution to the church. When you can, you should read the entire chapter and try to count the number of spiritual gifts listed in that chapter alone. If you email me or make a comment within this devotion I suppose I could tell you if you are right or wrong in your guess.

When you have a chance take a piece of paper and place three dots across the top of the paper, then go done a couple of inches and put three more dots below and in line with the first three dots. And then make a third row of dots a couple of inches lower for a total of nine dots. Then when you are done, try to figure how you can connect all nine dots with four lines without lifting your pencil off the paper.

Someday perhaps we can have a deeper study of the spiritual gifts. I have studied them very long and hard and it is really interesting what people come up with. Well I think I probably open a big "can of worms" with this devotion with no time or space to expound.

We'll talk more about Spiritual Gifts in the near future. In the meantime, ask God to bring to mind, the gift or gifts that He has reserved for you. You may find that you've been serving in the wrong place all this time. And then again, perhaps you'll discover you are exactly where God wants you to be.

Dave