Sat.’s Devo - What Gift Does the Holy Spirit Want to Use Through You Today?

Read: Esther 4:1-7:10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-26; Psalm 36:1-12; Proverbs 21:21-22
Haman’s evil plot of killing all the Jews was proclaimed to the nation and the Jews mourned in sackcloth. Esther had to find out through Mordecai because she was sheltered in the walls of the palace. When Mordecai told her that she must petition for her people she gave her excuse why she couldn’t. To walk into the throne room without being summoned was instant death unless he held out his sceptre, and the king hadn’t called for her in 30 days. (Isn’t that our first response when God tells us to do something we think is uncomfortable or impossible. We think of all the reasons why we can’t do it.)
Mordecai didn’t listen to her excuse; he told her the truth. Just because she was in the king’s palace, she could not depend on that to save her. She was a Jew and that could not be hid. She would be killed along with all the other Jews but God would raise up a deliverer through someone else some other time. Then he told her that maybe this was the very reason God had promoted her to that position. He was giving her the choice of being the deliverer or just giving up. It doesn’t sound like it would be hard to decide but fear is a tough enemy. She had to overcome her fear.
God never meant for us to do it alone and Esther knew she couldn’t. She called for a fast and got her courage up to go into the throne room. God’s timing was perfect in everything she did. Once she stepped out, God was behind her every step. He was in control and orchestrated the rest of the scenario. Haman was exposed for what he was and Mordecai was exalted for what he was. Esther got to be a part in what God was doing for her people and learned that her life had so much more purpose than just being a pretty face. She rose up as a deliverer of her people.
In Corinthians we have the list of spiritual gifts that God wants us to know about: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment, tongues, and interpretation of tongues.
We all have one or more or all of these gifts. God determines which ones you get for each situation. I picture this as a group of people meeting and God wanting to let each person experience him in a different way so they can share their part with the others and everyone can be edified. We don’t get a part of the Holy Spirit. We get all of the Holy Spirit so we can move in all of these gifts but he loves it when we move together as one.
Lord, help us to see how you want to move through us today and give us the power and the courage to step out to the task you have given us to do. Thank you for the Holy Spirit that equips us with the gift we need for the moment.