Use Your Gift Liberally

“Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery.” 1 Timothy 4:14

Pastor Holder has been preaching a series entitled “It’s Time” and through the last several weeks he’s asked some questions. Who are we? What are we? What are we wanting? These are the questions that I’ve been pondering ever since he asked them. I don’t believe it has ever been more important than it is today that Christians operate in the spiritual gifts we’ve been so liberally given if we are to be the overcoming church that God intended us to be. Come Monday it will be even more important that we not neglect the ministries He’s called us to. We must be able to recognize our gifts and take full advantage of the opportunities we’re presented with to use our gifts to the benefit of others if we are to truly be a light in the world. In other words, using those gifts is nice in the church environment but it’s crucial that we extend the use of those gifts in the workplace, the marketplace and in our neighborhoods if we are to be truly effective as the body of Christ.

One of the saddest statements I’ve ever heard is this; ‘I don’t know what my spiritual gift is’. I think it is particularly sad because I’ve been guilty of saying it myself that is why it is important that we are available to be used by God in whatever way He chooses to use us whenever and wherever He chooses; that might be the way we can best determine what gift He has blessed us with.