Wed.’s Devo - Our Spiritual Gifts

Read Romans 12:1-8 The first verse tells us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God. The Jews gave many sacrifices to God. Some were living like the rams, lambs, pigeons, turtle doves, etc., and some were not, like: grain, wheat, corn, etc. We are asked to give God our bodies as a LIVING sacrifice. In the Greek “living” means lifetime. So our bodies are to be a forever sacrifice to God. They are to be holy and well pleasing to God which is our logical worship to God. The way we can do this is answered in verse 2. We are not to pattern our lifestyle after the world’s. We can do this by allowing the Holy Spirit to change the way we think about things. The Holy Spirit will give us discernment to know what is beneficial, what pleases God, and what is God’s complete will for our lives. This will take humility and a right mind that can believe by faith. We are all given different gifts to work together. God gave us the grace we will need to move in the gift he has given us. If we are given the gift of prophecy, then the degree we move in that gift is proportionate to the faith we have. If we are to be a minister, then we must wait for our ministry to come to us. The same with teaching or exhorting. (I have a friend who when asked what her spiritual gift was she said, “Exorcism” meaning exhortation. She didn’t realize what she had said till much later.) If our gift is giving then we should do it with sincerity and generosity. If our gift is to rule or preside then we should do that in a business earnest showing mercy and love. There are times that we will move in every gift and there are times we need to just move in our gift and let others move in theirs. That is being part of a whole - The Body. Lord, change our way of thinking. We give the Holy Spirit license to renew our minds in You that we would move in the gifts when they are needed.