Your Gift and Giftedness

Good Morning,

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NIV)
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NLT)
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
(Emphasis mine, DRB)

Many verses and sections of Scripture come my way each day. They come from various mails and many people (thank you Alan). Today's verse(s) seemed to cry out to me and begged the question, "How are YOU, David, using the gifts I've given you to help My children."

I pose this question to you, today, as well. You DO have a gift. Even if you don't see it or can't understand it, God HAS given you a gift to use, as we read today, "...for the common good," or, as the NLT puts it so very clearly, "...so we can help each other." I don't think a long, drawn out and lengthy message is needed on this, do you? All we have to do is to ask ourselves, each of us, the question that God asked me today.

How ARE you using your gift, gifts, and giftedness for the common good and to help others?

Okay. Now, GO TO WORK!

Love, peace, and blessings,

David