Devotion:
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Read 1 Corinthians 12:4-7.
The Spirit gives each person in the Church different gifts and ways to serve. As we use our gifts to serve, the Church is healthy and at our best. Max Lucado said it this way: “No one else has your “you-ness”. No one else in all history has your unique history. No one else in God’s great design has your divine design. No one else shares your blend of personality, ability, and ancestry. When God made you, the angels stood in awe and declared, “we’ve never seen one like that before.” And they never will again.
You are heaven’s first and final attempt at you. You are matchless, unprecedented, and unequaled. Consequently, you can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can. Call it what you wish. A talent. A skill set. A gift. An anointing. A divine spark. An unction. A call. The terms are different, but the truth is the same: “The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others.”
Each of us - not some of us, a few of us, or the elite among us. Many people stop short of their destiny. They settle for someone else's story. They fit in, settle in, and blend in, but they never find their call. Don’t make the same mistake. Your existence is not accidental. Your skills are not incidental. God “shaped each person in turn.” (Psalm 33:15) Find your “you-ness” and use it for the kingdom.
Personal Worship Option:
God created you to show His glory. Do you have times that you feel you have nothing to offer? Ask God to show you what he has equipped you to do. Then do it for His glory!
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