Paul is explaining the gift of Holy Spirit to the church of Corinth, and it is interesting how I found that the gifts are given to people at the will of God, according to His purposes. Not according to ours, but according to His.
I suppose this is an obvious statement to us Christians, but if you think about it, and how we ought to apply it to our lives, it takes on another meaning. A church cannot properly function with only an arm. It needs legs to move, and so on; the different gifts are given to us to fulfill the church as a whole body, and we must remember that each and every part must function properly for the entire body to function in a healthy way.
Going back to the topic, there have been times where I feel one particular gift is always more desirable than others; if I could sing like angels, I would trade that for my little knowledge around computers and HTMLs any day! But all this is God-given, and we must respect and treasure the God-given talents and spiritual gifts, as well as those of our brothers and sisters, and work to-ge-ther to build up the body of Christ, this body of Church.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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