Saturday, December 3, 2011

Gifted for a Purpose

Eph 4:13 "till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;"

This is a continuing thought from the previous verses. Why did Jesus give gifts to believers who would be able to use words to communicate to others so that they are equipped and edified? (I love the word "equipped". It means to promote another person's growth) So that we are unified and so that we understand the incomprehendible (there it is again) that we would know Jesus and that we would become perfect and grow to maturity to the point when we are like Jesus.

Here it is, oneness and knowledge. Unity and understanding. Not for the purpose of just head knowledge, but the purpose that we are like Christ, in His words, actions, attitudes.

When I think about the importance and the power of what Christ has given to the church, it is enormous. Jesus has given gifts to people who will bring about equipping, edifying, unity, knowledge and maturity in the body of Christ. Wow. I really don't think that we tell others the importance of the gifts that God has given. We really don't emphasize why we need one another. We absolutely need to do this on a more frequent basis. We have to open our mouths and declare this truth. We have to tell others that God has gifted them for a purpose and we have to tell them what that purpose is.

Not only do we need to tell others about gifting, we need to be thankful for those God has given us to mature us. Thank you God for Randy and Todd and others who use the spoken word to promote our growth in You.

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