Flow in Your Gift!

Romans 12:4-8 (NLT)
Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others. God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you. If your gift is that of serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching. If your gift is to encourage others, do it! If you have money, share it generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

Each of us has been instilled with unique gifts and abilities that God has given us. Paul is saying here that whatever gift we have been given then we should put it to use. Sometimes we can get caught up in comparing ourselves to others…I could never do that, I could never speak like that, I don’t have resources like they do, etc.

But what we have to remember is that we are not anyone else. We shouldn’t compare ourselves to anyone else. We have our own gifts inside. There are people out there that we can touch because of what God has put on the inside of us. If we are trying to be someone else then we will miss those opportunities.

The scripture says that we all have a different work to do within the body. An arm can’t be a foot, and the shoulder can’t become the hand, etc. We each have to function in our appropriate places otherwise the body does not function together.

I want each of you to remember you are all unique and different. You each have your own special gifts and talents, so embrace those and be who God created you to be. It’s time for each of us to rise up and begin to flow in our own gifts.

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org