Im feeling weary. Sometimes it is tiring being me 😊
Yesterday in church someone precious ( but who I don't know massively well) came up to me with a present and said ' you are always doing things for other people so I thought I'd like to do something for you'. I was simultaneously amazed and blessed and humbled and chuffed. How lovely. And the loveliness was not just the present and the fact that someone had thought about me - but that they had recognised that I think about others. That made my day. Because it's true, I do. And sometimes it gets exhausting.
Many years ago I was introduced to some teaching which changed my life. It was about spiritual gifts. Not the Corinthians ones, the Romans 12 ones.
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[a]faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,[b] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
If you imagine that the gifts above are your job as a Christian, then the Corinthian gifts ( tongues, prophecy, healing, interpretation, evangelism etc) are the tools which you can use to get that job done. If your ' job' in the Christian life is to be a server, then you might from time to time need a word of knowledge or a gift of evangelism or healing. Those gifts are available to you by the Holy Spirit as and when you need them, but the Romans 12 gifts are who you actually ARE. If you have the gift of serving then you are a servant in everything you do. Serving is what makes you tick. Serving gives you energy and makes you come alive. If you are a servant you might be happy to teach if someone asks you to........ but only because you enjoy serving and being useful, not because you are a good teacher or feel comfortable in that role. Do you see what Im getting at??? We all have at least one Romans 12 gift. Do you know what yours is??
Here's how to find out. Click on this link and go to where it says ' take the spiritual gifts assessment'. It will take you two minutes. And it will help you to discover what Romans 12 gift you operate in. After years of thinking I was probably a leader-type person I suddenly discovered I wasnt at all. I was something entirely different. And that discovery made sense of everything and helped me SO much going forward it is hard to believe. Now I know precisely and exactly why Im tired. It is one of the consequences of being gifted in a certain way.
When you have done the assessment go back and have a look at the page which tells you what that means.
http://www.timshen.truepath.com/motivational_gifts.htm
Then come back here tomorrow for the second instalment on this subject 👍 (see if you can guess what I am :) )
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