God created us each unique and with a purpose.
1 Corinthians 12:”
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts
form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by
one Spirit so as to form one
body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one
Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but
of many”
Paul
teaches a very simple concept here the day you and I accepted Jesus as our Lord
and savior we became a partner with Him and all the others who are also
believers in Him. Now what we have to try to recognize is God did not create us
all the same to start with and just because we are now all working towards the
one goal of serving Him we are still separate and distinct from each other in
our abilities and gifts that the Spirit has bestowed on us. Gary said something
last night that I have just recently really begun to understand. The Holy
Spirit comes and goes in each believer as He is welcome or as need to meet the
needs of the body. When the gifts of the Spirit are at work it is dependent on
our openness to Him and also our desire to be used by Him to meet a need. That
is why every person who calls on the name of Jesus for salvation has a part to
play in the lives of the other believers. Never allow the Devil to tell you
that you are not important. You might be the hand that God uses to bring
healing to a body, or the foot that walks a brother or sister through the loss
of a loved one.
1 Corinthians
12:24-26, “24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment.
But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that
lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but
that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one
part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part
rejoices with it.”
We all
have are parts to play and God empowers us for that moment as He sees the need.
The question is are you and I willing to be the vessels He wants to use? He
cannot come where He is not welcome. He cannot settle in a place that has no
room for him. We must decide what we really desire and are we going to allow
God to have control of our bodies and in so doing give him the ability to throw
out the stuff that keeps us from serving Him. Folks I was addicted to pornography
for 25 years I gave my control to God and He took away the desire to even look
at it. He has replaced it with a desire to share His glory with all of those
around me. It is not something I can do on my own I tried I had to release it
and allow God to be God. He sent His Holy Spirit and made the changes that I
was never able to do. I am praying He will continue to use me in a new and
mighty way as I walk with Him. You too can have all God has to offer but you
have to allow him to come in and you will have to be willing to let go of the
stuff that keeps you from serving Him.
In closing we are all given gifts from the spirit first for
the edification of the church and secondly as a testimony to unbelievers. Hebrews
2:4,” 4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various
miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.” God
wants to use you are you willing to let Him?
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