Recently, I was at camp with a group of teenagers for a retreat, during which the speaker was trying to impress upon the students that they each have a gift, a purpose, that is God given and God blessed.
I think sometimes that truth has a hard path making its way from our head to our heart. We read in scripture about spiritual gifts, but then somewhere between our head and our chest we get confused and start to let doubt speak into our lives saying "well, everyone has a gift but you." This simply isn't true. All believers are given gifts for the sake of those both inside and outside of the church. Inside of the church, our spiritual gifts are used to encourage and build up the body of Christ. Outside of the church, they are used to bring God glory and to witness to God.
What have you been put on earth to do, friends? And how does your spiritual gift and calling help you to spread the message of Christ? For we are all called to "go" - to go and spread the good news. May you take time this week to pray about what spiritual gift God has granted you and to ask God to help you use that gift to bring God glory and to lead folks to Jesus Christ.
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