What Part Are You? Part II
Romans 12:4-8
Unity is not just something that happens on Sundays and Wednesdays, rather it is a lifestyle. It is a lifestyle that is built purely on God and God alone. If we are to be unified as a church corporately, we must be striving for godliness personally. It will not happen apart
from each of us living personal, godly lives.
If you compare this list to I Cor. 12, you see most are the same. We need to pray earnestly and ask God to show us where He has gifted us. The first area is prophecy or interpretation. Some people just have the ability to see scripture and put it together. I will say the more you study scripture and become familiar with it; the better you are at understanding it and putting it together. The gift of prophecy also involves applying scripture with the now.
In addition, there is the gift of ministry or miracles. This gift is more towards the physical things of the church, strength physically. Some people have the unmatched ability to do physically hard jobs. Some also have the ability to do the teaching and apostle or missions jobs that may be hard to others.
From here, the lists begin to differ a little. Exhorting deals with encouraging others. Some people just have the God given ability to do this. We should all encourage fellow believers but it is easy for certain ones. There is also the gift of sharing, healing, ruling or administration, and some have the ability to learn and speak languages.
We do not have all these gifts individually but corporately. We need to find the areas that God has strengthened us and use them to bring glory to Him. When we use our strengths together, the body is unified and God is lifted high. So, what are you doing to strengthen the body?