Gifts and Talents!

For Sunday, July 14, 2024:

1 Peter 4:10 NLT: “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.”

When you come across lists of spiritual gifts in the Bible, keep in mind that they’re not exhaustive lists. The lists are not necessarily complete. God wants us to help with so many tasks that a list of job possibilities could fill chapter after chapter in the Good Book! I regard the spiritual gift lists as ‘examples,’ as if God were saying, “Consider things like these as I show you your call, your piece of the puzzle!”

Identifying your gifts and talents deserves a lot of our attention, a lot of our time and a lot of prayer! Your spiritual gifts and your call may not be what first comes to mind. They may not be the most obvious thing. People see me at the piano leading worship, and they think, “Musical gift.” But in my mind, that’s #3, after leadership and teaching!

I can tell you from personal experience that God not only tells us what to do, but he also tells us what NOT to do. You can’t handle every job in a church, and you shouldn’t have to. So use diligence to learn your place in God’s vast eternal plan, and then step up, get in the game and help get it done!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship