Spiritual Gifts~

Justa ponderin' something...

...whoever thought up the whole idea of spiritual gifts is a genius. Oh, my bad...Genius! (When speaking of the Holy One it's capitalized.) See...I am serving in an area where my gifts are in full force and then I'm serving in another area where my gifts are not. Both instances are of God.

It's taught me something...spiritual gifts are God's gift to ME! When I am working in one of my gifts the job is a joy. I eagerly look forward to it and I'm energized by it. When I am not working in one of my gifts the job is a struggle. I have to really work at it with much discipline and perseverence. It's hard to describe...it's just different.

In my opinion, spiritual gifts are gifts to the servant as well as the servantee...maybe so that servants actually serve. In my sinful state, I'm not sure that empathy wouldn't get the best of me on most occasions. And maybe it's the 'gift of the spiritual gift' that is the cause/effect which gets me off my rump so that I'm motivated to put others above myself. Selflessness and my flesh clash, big time! In a nutshell~I don't trust myself! What is my deepest motivation for serving? In a way, working in your gift can be soooo rewarding that it's almost borderline selfishness. Oh the challenge, to keep my eyes off self and on God. In the end, I think it's a win-win-win situation if first things come first. WIN=God is glorified, WIN=servantee is served, WIN=servant is satisfaction. He's a GENIUS!