I have a car for sale. I spent a weekend detailing it so I
have it stored away and only take it out every once in a while to keep the
battery charged or to show it to prospective buyers. Evidently I don’t take it
out enough because I got in it today and click, click, click… Not enough juice
to fire it up.
See when a vehicle is operating properly it recharges the
battery while it is running. Over time if the car just sits the battery slowly
loses it charge until there isn’t enough left to crank the engine. The truth is
that there are many areas of our lives that are very similar to a car’s battery
- our health, our relationships, our faith, etc. Any of these neglected over
time drains the life out of them.
I’d like to focus on a specific area today in my post – the Gifts
of the Holy Spirit.
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of
God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” – 2 Timothy 1:6 NIV
Paul understood this concept and so he encouraged his
spiritual son Timothy to be diligent in the care of his spiritual gift(s). I
guess another way to say it is, ‘practice makes perfect.’ The more we operate
in the gifts of the Holy Spirit the more natural the supernatural becomes. So I
want to encourage you today to use your gifts. If you don’t know what your
spiritual gifts are then you are in for an adventure! You can find a list of
the gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12 & Romans 12:3-8. Find some
other believers who are operating in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and ask them
to pray for you to receive your gift(s). Not unlike the guy I had to have help my jump start my car!
Let’s recharge and get fired up Church!
As a spiritual son of Mike's, this blog touches me more deeply than others. I look at the relationship between Paul and Timothy as a model of how my relationship should be between myself and Pastor Mike.
ReplyDeleteHebrews 2:3-4 tells us that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are a testament of our salvation and they are distributed "according to his will."
I desire many more of the gifts than those which I have received. Lord, may I seek out YOUR will for my life, and not merely that which I desire.
Thanks Dad, for these words of encouragement. And I'm glad to hear the purple beast is still alive...
Tom Bunnow