1st Corinthians 12:4-11 NKJV
God loves you and wants the very best for your life. My pastor declares this
all the time. He's not a "name it, claim it", "blab it, grab
it" kind of guy. He is steeped in the Word of God and proclaims Truth
every time he speaks.
God really DOES love you and He TRULY wants the best for your life! So, because
He loves us so much, He made each of us uniquely ourselves. Think about the
billions of people and no two fingerprints alike. Mind-boggling! He didn't make
us unique in order to be in the spotlight. He didn't make us unique so that we
could laud it over anyone who doesn't have the same giftings we might have. He
made us unique because we each bring something of value to the table to
accomplish His purpose - His goals in our lives and the lives of those around
us. Something that is uniquely our own, yet a vital part of the whole picture.
The world calls for us to celebrate diversity and to make it our focus. The
world encourages us to find the thing that's different and exploit it; to focus
on what separates us and divide into groups accordingly. God never called us to
division. He called us into relationship with Himself and the Body of Christ -
which is you and me.
How do you make a friend? You either get thrust into a forced connection or you
first notice that there is some kind of common ground on which you can connect,
right?
That is EXACTLY what God is calling us to do in our Scripture text for today.
Yes, we're all different, but we are to celebrate the SAME! The same Spirit
(the one that raised Christ Jesus from the dead). The same God who works
all in all. We are not called to separatism.
Prayer:
We don't want to lose our lives by lauding it over everyone. Lord, may we remember and focus on the Truth that we were created to do things for others - things that You ordained for us to do long ago. Help us to recognize Your handiwork and cause us to hasten to do all that You have in Your Heart and Mind for us to do. In Jesus' Name, we pray. Amen
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