2 Timothy 1:7God doesn’t want us to be shy with our gifts. He wants us to be bold, sensible and loving. Your gifts are to be used. One interpretation says
“like a small flame grows into a fire” (ERV).
Each one of us does work that God gives us to do. Don’t be jealous of what others have or do. And be thankful when their gifts bless you and continue to give attention to the gifts YOU have.
1 Cor 12 talks about that there are different ways to serve. That God gives us all different gifts. There are different ways God works in people. What is not different is Him. He’s the same God for everyone. And loves us all the same. The book goes on to describe a body. To be full you need arms, legs, a head, a heart etc. Each part of the body has a specific function and cannot do what the other parts do. Yet when all are working in unison, your body is healthy and fully functioning. We need each other.
In 1 Cor 3 it talks about one guy who plants a seed (had an idea) and another guy who waters the seed (executed on the idea).
Who’s more important? Neither.
It is God who made the seed grow.
The one who plants and the one who waters have the same purpose and one without the other is futile.
Words have power in them. They can build you up or destroy you. Be kind with your words. Just because you can say or do whatever you want doesn’t mean it’s right. (1 Cor 10:23). Do what is good for others.
Do what you love WITH love. (1 Cor 13). If you use your gifts – but with selfish intent, and without love in your heart for others – then you are bankrupt. You gain nothing if you don’t have love in your heart.
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