About loving our different gifts in each other…
1 Corinthians 12:4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. (NIV)
There is one God. No matter how we might interpret what He says and how we
interpret what we think He means, there is only one Supreme Being, only one
Creator, only one Father. Although we might all have different gifts and
talents, all our gifts and talents came from the same being and the same source…God
the Father. If we ever think we are superior or inferior to others, we must
remember in God's eyes we are not superior or inferior. In God's eyes, the
person who does the most menial of jobs is just as important as the person we
consider to have the most important job in the world. In God's eyes, everyone is
equally fallen and is equally redeemable. The differences in our gifts from God
should not make us think one of us is superior or inferior to any other. The
differences in our gifts from God should all give us reasons to praise God. Our
differences should give us reasons to encourage each other to use our gifts for
Him. Our love for God and His handiwork should cause us to love our differences.
For if we would all be honest, we would realize our world is so much better off
because we are all different. If we all looked the same, we could never tell one
person from another. What a nightmare! If we all had only the gift of writing,
or only the gift of music, or only the gift of mechanical ability, or only the
gift of salesmanship, or only the gift of any kind, we would not survive as a
race of intelligent beings. The ultimate point is we are to treasure others. We
are to treasure everyone as a child of God.
