Spiritual Gifts in a Time of Need.

Romans 12:3-8
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. 4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. 7 If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

I talked about spiritual gifts over a year ago using this passage, but it's good to reinforce this idea too. Meanwhile, last week I talked a little bit about how people can let us down. They're not perfect, we're not perfect, and so nothing is perfect. The things they may promise you may not necessarily follow through.

However, God keeps his promises and they're complete. I mentioned the Haitian earthquake in yesterday's post. If you noticed, since the earthquake, many organizations are packing their bags and are going to the devastated region to provide basic necessities - something that we like to be prepared for, we can't really simulate it, yet hope it will never happen. That's what happened in Haiti. Now, countries all around the world are helping out.

The people who are going over to Haiti are a great example of God's people using their spiritual gifts. Sure not all the missionaries are good leaders, but they all have at least one special gift that God granted them so that they can relieve the conditions.

I mentioned how it's our responsibility to take our part in the relief aspect. They immediately responded to the urgent situation (notice how they were thinking of others more than themselves). Obviously not everyone can go to Haiti, but you can use your spiritual gifts in some way toward this cause. Keep praying for the country and also the families who are trying to find out if their loved ones are okay.