As I try to get some things organized for the next Iron on Iron weekend with a manly group of man I have been meeting with for more than three years, I started thinking about my gifts, both spiritual and practical. In both cases, I am an administrator, which I think is lame, regardless of its necessity.
I have taken spiritual gifts assessments and personality tests, and they all point to me being an administrator. I do enjoy making spreadsheets and plans and organizing, and I know God uses that. But I see my friends who are gifted in prayer, prophesy and healing, and I want those. I guess God has allowed me to use all of those specific gifts at one time or another, but I want to tap into those.
I believe God allows that, too, from my understanding on 1 Corinthians 12:
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed... There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
I realize the scripture says that there are different kinds of gifts, but I also think that the last verse - "he distributes them to each one, just as he determines" - allows us access to all of the gifts, although we are each most strongly gifted in one area, that God uses for his glory.
So I will continue to schedule and plan and review. All in His name.
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