God's Gifts of Grace

God's Gifts of Grace
Romans 12:3-5

God has a way of just showing up unannounced in our lives.  So many times we believe God must announce when divinity will manifest in humanity.  When God does announce and use angels in the case of Jesus’ mother Mary, we are shocked and feel unworthy.  God is showing us we may feel unworthy but we can be used for God’s glorification.  When we reflect on the goodness of God, we recognized God’s awesome, majestic and wonderful power in full glory.  The song says in Christ there is no failure and in scripture it says God’s word will not return void.  When we seek to be more important in life than we believe we are, we have isolated and regulated God to our human box which renders God’s word void.  Because of this box we pride ourselves in saying all I’ve accomplished with my own hands and no help from God.

How can we say God didn’t give us the help?  We must remember that God knew us before we were born, God know the number of hairs on our heads and God provided for us when we couldn’t see a way out.  This causes so many of us to live a life of arrogance.  We are arrogant about what God has called us to do in life knowing it was not what we wanted.  We are arrogant about the gifts and talent God has given to us, so much that we think no one else has the same gift.  Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but the gift God gave was not for you.  It was intended for us to share with others so they can see God at work in us.  The gift of God ought to shine and reflect the love of God.  God’s gift cannot be imitated, copied or even duplicated.  Have you noticed when people try to mimic the gifts of others it doesn’t work out the way it works for that person?  The reason why it didn’t work was because the gift was intended for that particular person.

Remember, the gift God gives is given based on our ability and measure of faith through the Holy Spirit.