Devotion is the realization that wealth, education and power are God given gifts and not the endowments of fate.
No believer
can say that they have no gift of the Spirit from God. God has given all
believers gifts; some have several but everyone has these gifts. Devotion is
the realization that wealth, education and power are God given gifts and not
the endowments of fate. These gifts of the Spirit are given not for the
believer but for the Body of Christ. It is to make the Body complete. These
gifts are intended for the church to edify it, to strengthen it, to feed it, to
exhort it, to encourage it and to have the Body of Christ empowered to do the
work of Christ. These gifts are always to exalt Christ, to witness of God’s
power, to build up the Body, and to work to enlarge the Body of Christ by
sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost. There are several biblical
tools and surveys that believers can use to discover their own gifts of the
Spirit. These are helpful applications to allow the Christian to see what their
gifts are and therefore how they can best help the church. There is no believer
in Christ that does not have the gift of the Spirit.
God
through the discovery and use of the various spiritual gifts that each member
has received. The administration of spiritual gifts is as important as the
financial administration of monetary resources. Both concepts stem from the
understanding that God has given us something to cultivate, care for, and share
to bless others. In the case of spiritual gifts, the Bible teaches that God has
given each believer specific talents, inclinations, and abilities to build each
other and the collective Church. Some may have the gift of compassion and would
love to visit people in the hospital. Others may have the gift of management
and will want to help organize events. Others may have the gift of service, and
are happy to set up chairs or clean up after breakfast. To some it gives the
gift of teaching, evangelism, or healing. There are many gifts and they are all
gifts of the Spirit. As we grow in our relationship with God, we often feel a
strong pull to use our gifts as a way to serve and worship God. It is a real joy
to discover and use a spiritual gift. It can be a revelation to discover what
God made you do.
Don't abuse the gifts. Never use a
spiritual gift to acquire personal power, gain wealth, take revenge, or exploit
fellow believers. Don't exalt any particular type of gift over another; realize
that in God's eyes, all are equally valuable. Don't project a gift you have
onto another person to whom God may not have given that specific gift. Give
other people the freedom to exercise their own unique gifts.
Immortal does non endow people with same
or needs equal gifts. If you do , too as you will with the gifts presented to
you by God, you can see his “ great done. ” Not just those gifts, But also that
people have same worth. Simultaneously, this parable ends with the talent
brought from the 3rd worker being presented to the single with ten talents.
Same quality does not necessarily imply equal compensation. Some positions
involve more skill or knowledge and therefore are payed accordingly. These two
servants who did well are rewarded at various quantities. But they represent
both praised identically.
Although many research findings and
incidents favour the suggestion that creativity is a God given gift and natural
endowment, the influence of cultural background, experiences, education and
training in the nurturing of creativity cannot be ruled out. Thus one’s
creativity may be correctly said to be a function of natural endowment as well
as its nurturing. It is a combination of responses or ideas in novel ways.
Time for a few disclaimers here. Does
this mean there are no rich people in heaven? No. There are some who realize
they have been blessed by God and they also realize they are given a special
gift to build companies and build wealth. The world needs employers as well as
employees in order to function. To be financially successful is not to sin.
What is being discussed here is the idea of only caring about wealth, because
in the end, that does not satisfy one's desire. There is no "I now have
enough and I can stop worrying".
A man to whom God has given riches and
wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing… yet God does not give him power to
eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it: Solomon saw the tragedy of those who
are given great gifts from God – yet they do not have the opportunity to enjoy
what God gives. Solomon understood this to be vanity and an evil affliction.
If we are always aware of the fact that
we are just stewards of what God owns, then we have every right to enjoy the
blessings and benefits of his gifts to us. Ecclesiastes 5:19 says, ‘As for
every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him the power to
eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of
God.’ Yes, we can enjoy the wealth that we have created in a Godly way and
honor God with it. We have biblical heroes like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who
honored God with the wealth that they had. God wants us to faithfully manage
our wealth, and that means we should always be wise stewards.
As for every man to whom God has given
riches and wealth… this is the gift of God: Though the Preacher knew that
riches did not bring true meaning to life, he was no fool. He understood that
it was better to have wealth than to not have it, and under the sun, one should
enjoy both wealth and the capacity to enjoy it as the gift of God.
God is the One who gives us power to get
wealth. Notice He doesn’t give us wealth directly. He gives us the power, or
ability, to get wealth. Whether you realize it or not, God is the source of
your prosperity. You might say, “But I worked for this money. God didn’t give
this to me. I earned it.” Let me ask this question: What did we do to be born
at this most prosperous time in history? We could have been born slaves or in a
country where there aren’t economic opportunities. We didn’t give ourselves
talents and abilities. We can develop our talents, but each one of us has
giftings that were given to us by God.
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