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Thursday July 4, 2024.

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Play to Your Strength

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4).

Have you ever tried to do anything that you were not gifted to do? I am not a handy man. If there is a household project needing to be fixed, like a plumbing leak or anything mechanical -- forget it. God has not given me any "natural" gifts for such things. And I'd prefer not getting anything that requires assembly!

I have a friend who can fix or assemble anything. It comes natural to him and he loves to help me out. This same person looks at some of my abilities and marvels. We appreciate the gifts God has given to each of us. These differences have created a need for one another. God wants each of us to need one another. The scriptures describe the body of Christ in the same way. Each person is a member of His body with gifts and talents designed to make His body perform as a multi-talented group, all playing to the same tune. It is when one member is "out of tune" or decides they don't like their gifts, and they decide to do something they are not designed to do that the orchestra begins to sound off key. Imagine if the parts of the human body decided they didn't want to be that part any longer. That body would no longer function effectively because one of its members was not performing the function it was designed for.

What has He equipped you for? What role has he called you to play in God's Kingdom? When there is one link in the chain that is weakened, the whole chain is susceptible to breaking. God made it that way so that we could help that weak link. He made it that way so we would be forced to depend upon one another. Are you being a strong link in the chain of God's kingdom? Ask Him if you are fulfilling your role as He designed.

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