Looking at the people around me i realize that many times we let our ego work where our humbleness should be and I also realize that many times i let my ego put me in the same situations as a consequence of ignoring why God gave me the gifts and habilities i have.
It´s sad to watch how many confuse the fact of spending 24/7 at a church building with loving God and the serving him with pushing everybody to do what they want. They use their gifts as a way to empower themselves and they left on a side the real purpose of serving.
This reminded me a verse that i read some time ago about the gifts God gives us and its purpose in the body of Christ.
When we are "promoted" to the next level and God places us in positions of importance, it´s so easy to forget that what we are getting is not a promotion, but a new responsibility to serve the bride of Christ, and as any responsibility results will be demanded by the person who gave the gifts to us: God.
The bible says in 1 Corinthians 12: 6,7: There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
This means that the gifts of the Spirits are not given to prove others how special I am or how "committed" I am to God, etc. They are given for the common good ( the good of the church).
When we are "promoted" it´s not hard to start talking and acting according to what we think we are, we start using over spiritual words and a language and actions that sounds like martian for those who are under our care and we forget that the possessive "MY" should not be even mention.
A gift is not given to show others how good I am and the fact that we have been called to serve or go somewhere ( in my case to be a missionary) is not a way to prove ourselves how brave we are. When we start saying My gift, MY calling, MY trip,MY ministry etc., with pride and some sort of arrogance we are ignoring the fact that "OUR" gifts were not given to serve US but to serve THE BODY of Christ and build up the church.
To do the common good means more than just doing the best to not hurt anybody, it means to deny my flesh to use what God gave me for my own purposes. The common good is to realize that i am not being Promoted I am just getting more responsibilities that means i need more of HIM and less of ME in order to build up the church of Christ.
So a spiritual gift is not a weapon given to me to be used against my army fellows it´s an instrument to show God´s care and love to those who are called: The bride.
"So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that BUILD UP the church" 1Corinthians 14: 12
It´s sad to watch how many confuse the fact of spending 24/7 at a church building with loving God and the serving him with pushing everybody to do what they want. They use their gifts as a way to empower themselves and they left on a side the real purpose of serving.
This reminded me a verse that i read some time ago about the gifts God gives us and its purpose in the body of Christ.
When we are "promoted" to the next level and God places us in positions of importance, it´s so easy to forget that what we are getting is not a promotion, but a new responsibility to serve the bride of Christ, and as any responsibility results will be demanded by the person who gave the gifts to us: God.
The bible says in 1 Corinthians 12: 6,7: There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
This means that the gifts of the Spirits are not given to prove others how special I am or how "committed" I am to God, etc. They are given for the common good ( the good of the church).
When we are "promoted" it´s not hard to start talking and acting according to what we think we are, we start using over spiritual words and a language and actions that sounds like martian for those who are under our care and we forget that the possessive "MY" should not be even mention.
A gift is not given to show others how good I am and the fact that we have been called to serve or go somewhere ( in my case to be a missionary) is not a way to prove ourselves how brave we are. When we start saying My gift, MY calling, MY trip,MY ministry etc., with pride and some sort of arrogance we are ignoring the fact that "OUR" gifts were not given to serve US but to serve THE BODY of Christ and build up the church.
To do the common good means more than just doing the best to not hurt anybody, it means to deny my flesh to use what God gave me for my own purposes. The common good is to realize that i am not being Promoted I am just getting more responsibilities that means i need more of HIM and less of ME in order to build up the church of Christ.
So a spiritual gift is not a weapon given to me to be used against my army fellows it´s an instrument to show God´s care and love to those who are called: The bride.
"So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that BUILD UP the church" 1Corinthians 14: 12
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