Using or Losing?

Using or Losing?

June 21, Bar Harbor, ME

I Corinthians 12 ….1-31

            Bar Harbor, ME is a beautiful place to visit! There are lots of tourist shops, restaurants serving lobster in any way you can imagine and the Atlantic Ocean.  The tourist shops and restaurants are somewhat like those in Charleston- geared to the specialty of the area. Charleston serves its seafood and the shirts all say Charleston, SC. Here in Bar Harbor, they serve the lobster and their shirts have Bar Harbor, ME on them.

            One big difference I have seen here is in the beaches. Charleston’s beaches have the beautiful white sand that’s hot to the feet this time of year. Bar Harbor has large rocks and a gravelly area that’s tough on the feet too. The Charleston area has its harbor cruises that take you out to see the beautiful homes along Battery Park. Here in Bar Harbor they have cruises that take you out to see the gorgeous lighthouses they are famous for and Mount Desert Island. Both areas are beautiful in displaying the grandeur of our Lord in how He created this world to be so different yet all a part of the same Earth!

            God did that with us too. He created to be different personalities, with different likes and dislikes. He gave us different talents as stated in Corinthians 12 and in Romans. All of these talents are to be used for His glory to further His kingdom. No one talent is more important than another.  I Corinthians 12:11 says, “ all these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”  He goes on to say that all the many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. We are NOT made up of one part but of many. In verse 26 He says, “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.”  We are not to be jealous of others who have one gift and we don’t have gift. We must responsibly use the gift God has given us. When we do we will be at our most contented state in our spiritual lives.

            What are you gifts and talents? How are you using them to the glory of God?

            Pray and ask the Lord to reveal your gifts to you. Or, go to Pastor Aaron at the church and ask to go through the Place Class, or ask me and I can give you a Spiritual Gifts inventory that will guide in your quest to find where you belong in the body.