There are a few places in the Bible where gifts are spoken about.  God has given us all unique and special gifts.  These gifts when used well help to make the church stronger and help others come to know of the great love that Jesus has for us.  In Romans 12 we are given a slightly different perspective added on to this.  Let’s look at the passage which is found in Romans 12 together today.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will 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 faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For 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, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.

Paul talks about our acts of service or using our gifts as our spiritual act of worship.  In other words when we use our gifts we don’t simply help each other or the church but it’s also how we offer worship to God.  When we think of the amazing love that God has poured out on our lives our response is to worship Him by using the gifts that He has given us. God has made us each unique parts of the body of Christ.  We all need to be worshiping God with our gifts for the body to function at its best.  I pray that we might all worship God with our lives by serving Him and serving others in the special and unique ways that He has gifted us.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave