Gifts Well Used

If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

Romans 12:6–8

What is your spiritual gift? The list you just read is just the beginning; for instance, you might have gifts of encouragement, hospitality, and administration. Whatever your giftedness, life becomes richer as you invest in others by coming alongside and serving them.

Life becomes more exciting when you start to see how your giftedness and calling fit perfectly within the Lord’s strategy for reaching the lost, telling the gospel, and sharing His love. When you use your gifts, you are playing your role in God’s plan to impact the world around us.

If you step up and run your race, exercising your gifts, who could hear about Jesus who otherwise might not? Who might receive freedom from being hungry—or enslaved, impoverished, or hopeless? And who could be transformed by God’s healing touch and redemptive power?

When you have identified and readied your gifts, ask God to guide you and use you wherever He needs you. He will empower you (1 Corinthians 12:11).

Lord God, help me discover and use the good gifts You’ve given me. It is my joy to live in Your plans and power!