Pretty interesting as it speaks about 3 ways to figure out what your spiritual gifts are:
- Affinity: in my limited understanding, "what makes your heart beat faster"
- Ability: what you are good at
- Opportunity: doors opened to you, or a need that you see
Tim Keller points that if you are unsure where to start, "opportunity" is a good place because an individual has to try out a few different ministries before really understanding what makes your heart beat faster or knowing what you're really good at, and also God can use that time to mature and mold you.
A good brother of mine has engraved in my mind this lesson: if you see a need in the fellowship, you probably are in the better position to do something about it. It is very easy to not want to step up because we think we might not like it, or we are not good it, etc. I think it is worthwhile to pray and think about the opportunities presented to us, and ask God how He can use us.
It is important though, not to always say yes to the opportunities presented to us. In the past in CCF, many people have the mentality of serving out of a need, and as a consequence we have many people burning out from serving (including myself). After, the leadership started pushing the fellowship to consider serving only when God has burdened with something to avoid this type of issue. But I think that it is easy to go to the other extreme, to the point that we almost ignore the needs that we see. So need to pray and biblically consider each situation.
The important thing is to always be seeking to please our Lord who loves us so much, and has given His Son Jesus to die for us, and that through this gospel we are made to serve for His Kingdom. Be available to God, have faith in Him, and He use you powerfully.
No comments:
Post a Comment