I have been reading through the New Testament, you know, starting at the beginning and have currently landed in 1 Corinthians. This morning the Holy Spirit really hit me with this:
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
1 Corinthians 12: 18
Chapter 12 in its entirety really spoke to me today. How the Lord has placed in us our own gifts. Gifts that make us who we are. Gifts that will glorify Him. Gifts that will grow us closer to Him and what He has planned for our lives. Gifts that make us all unique. Gifts that He works through us.
That said,
Why be afraid to be different? Why try and conform to the norm? Verses 4-6 & 18 nail home the fact that Jesus, our Lord, and the Holy Spirit have it going on. God knows what He's doing. He gave each and everyone of us our own gifts so that the body (His Church, His congregation, His children) could better spread the joyous news of Jesus Christ. Thus, spreading Life Change.
His challenge for myself and for you is to not fear being different. But to have (or find) comfort and confidence in Jesus, in the Holy Spirit that lives in you.
Run toward Jesus. If you don't know already, seek, ask, beg Him to reveal your spiritual gifts. He has blessed everyone of us.
And
Don't be afraid to rock it. Rock the gift. Rock being different. Find confidence in the fact that Jesus gave you the gift full well knowing what He and you would do through it. That He is orchestrating the different gifts He's blessed us with to play some awesome symphony that we can't even begin to fathom. We only hear a portion - the baseline, rhythm, melody, or guitar riff.
He who gives the gift also holds the confidence we need to use it.
Through Jesus we can rock it.
So what are we waiting for?
Chapter 12 in its entirety really spoke to me today. How the Lord has placed in us our own gifts. Gifts that make us who we are. Gifts that will glorify Him. Gifts that will grow us closer to Him and what He has planned for our lives. Gifts that make us all unique. Gifts that He works through us.
That said,
Why be afraid to be different? Why try and conform to the norm? Verses 4-6 & 18 nail home the fact that Jesus, our Lord, and the Holy Spirit have it going on. God knows what He's doing. He gave each and everyone of us our own gifts so that the body (His Church, His congregation, His children) could better spread the joyous news of Jesus Christ. Thus, spreading Life Change.
His challenge for myself and for you is to not fear being different. But to have (or find) comfort and confidence in Jesus, in the Holy Spirit that lives in you.
Run toward Jesus. If you don't know already, seek, ask, beg Him to reveal your spiritual gifts. He has blessed everyone of us.
And
Don't be afraid to rock it. Rock the gift. Rock being different. Find confidence in the fact that Jesus gave you the gift full well knowing what He and you would do through it. That He is orchestrating the different gifts He's blessed us with to play some awesome symphony that we can't even begin to fathom. We only hear a portion - the baseline, rhythm, melody, or guitar riff.
He who gives the gift also holds the confidence we need to use it.
Through Jesus we can rock it.
So what are we waiting for?
So true... loved every word. Especially the music reference, but you know how I roll :) I'll be checking these verses out tonight!
ReplyDeletehey man, i think when you talked about the "body" and put in parentheses different definitions of what we are, you should include the bride of christ. just a thought
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