Your Spiritual Gifts | Romans 12:6-8 | Mornings With Mike

In this video, I am talking about your spiritual gifts as discussed in Romans 12:6-8.

Romans 12:6-8
'In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.'

All of us have been in positions either in school, or teams growing up, or maybe now at work… where either we or someone on our team has had to take on a role that didn’t suit them… haven’t we? This is when people are operating outside of their spiritual gifts.

For example: Maybe you are an accomplished outside linebacker asked to play center… a long-time history teacher filling in as a math substitute… maybe it’s a naturally amazing salesperson put into a role to work with the CFO and process accounting… or even our roles at home.
God gives us all a unique purpose, and all of us have unique gifts to fulfill that purpose. My teenage son came to me and asked, “Dad, I’m doing this school project and I am having a tough time determining ability versus skill.” I explained to him… our abilities are built-in. They are often God-given and there to serve us… skills have to be learned.

When we find and practice skills that accentuate our natural abilities, that is when our gifts are revealed. These are the things that we are good at and love doing, God gave us these gifts to compliment others and grow into our purpose.

So going back to the salesperson doing accounting… what happens when we force ourselves to operate outside of our gifts? When we are constantly playing out of position? Not only do we get frustrated… but so do our teammates, peers, or family members. When people are put in a position where they don’t do well… then most of the time, things don’t turn out well.

As you head out right now, what is one of your spiritual gifts that you can give to someone today?
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