I'm in a place spiritually where I hate boxes or at least the kind of boxes that most people use! What are boxes used for? Boxes are used to package something nice and neat and present with something inside, they are used to store things, they are used to display...etc.
Our spiritual gifts are not to be displayed, stored in boxes nor do they have to be nice and neatly packaged.
Sometimes we or others try and box these amazing gifts that the Lord has given each of us...sometimes these gifts are to be used for a lifetime or a season or a moment. Sometimes we see one gifting and place it in a box and allow no room for others. Sometimes we use our gifts in a way that it is controlling...I mean if we see someone else growing in the gifts...let them be an active participant. Let us not become so arrogant to think God can't use the baby to heal or move in miracles. Sometimes God calls us to a season of equipping and teaching others how to even walk in that power. I have been thinking about why we do this. Why do we box gifts? Why do we exercise all control? Why do we not allow more room?
Lord, help us to keep our eyes on you, focused vertical, delighting in you. I ask Lord in the name of Jesus that you do whatever it takes to strip us of pride, control, an I know better attitude, jealousy, envy and I ask that you release a fresh dose of your love as we operate in your gifts, as we serve others and to receive a deeper revelation of you...not for my Glory, but all for You!
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Really insightful post, Denise. I think that part of the reason we do "box" things is because we want so badly to be defined, and we look for our identity in the things we do for God, rather than in simply being His. Which is silly when you think about it, because our gifts are something that we are only able to have and use by the power of the Holy Spirit. It has absolutely nothing to do with us.
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