Daily Notes

Daily Notes

1 Corinthians 12 – Spiritual Gifts

Why doesn’t the Holy Spirit distribute spiritual gifts evenly? Why must we all be different? It is because we are a body, a unit, meant to function as a whole and yet with every part dependent on all the others. The Spirit distributes gifts of his own good free will. We all need and belong to our local church, celebrating diversity and unity in one body. There are no spare parts and no redundant members of this body. No-one is so important they don’t need the others. No-one is so unimportant that they’re not needed. Our culture of individualism must be overcome if our churches are to be truly in step with the Spirit.

Lord Jesus, thank you for your local church and the body of which I am a member. The Holy Spirit is to be praised for the gifts he has given me and others for our edification, for the proclamation of your gospel, and for the magnification of your glory and honour. Help me, then, to use these gifts in your name, in your church, for your kingdom.