"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God" (1 Peter 4:10).
Every believer has received at least one spiritual gift to faithfully serve other believers. A spiritual gift is a particular divine enabling that God gives each believer to build up the body of Christ. Notice that the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Cor. 12:5-7: "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal." Here Paul teaches that the various gifts of the Spirit are given to "profit withal" or in other words for the common good of all. Someone said that the gifts of the Spirit have been given to us not for our enjoyment but for our employment. God saves us not just so that we will know we're going to heaven. We've been saved to serve.
Some of the gifts that are mentioned in the scriptures are the gifts of serving, teaching, encouraging, leading and giving just to name a few (See Romans 12 and 1 Cor. 12). The question that many have is, "How do I know what my gift is?" In order to know what your gift is you must be a part of a community of believers (Church). As you seek to serve others within that community, as all Christians are called to do, you will discover areas where you will experience a special touch of grace for a specific task and goal. Do the general things that God wants all Christians to do for each other and in the process you will unwrap your spiritual gift.
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