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Oct 14 2008

Discover Your Spiritual Gifts

Posted at 12:13 pm under Personal Growth

I have a strong desire to get in “my lane” with regards to what God has called me to do. I know that I am called to be at home ministering to my husband and children. I know that I am called to homeschool my children. But as I considered how the Lord would use me outside my household, I wasn’t quite sure.

Seek God

As I began to ask the Lord to reveal to me how He wanted to use me, I felt Him leading me to concentrate on my strengths. I didn’t realize how challenging this would become. I had worked so long building up my areas of weakness that I found it difficult to nail down my strengths. As a start, I began reading books about spiritual gifts.

Search Within

One of the first books that really helped me identify my spiritual gifts was, Discover Your God Given Gifts. For the first time, I was able to see myself through God’s eyes. I realized that there was a reason why I responded to things the way I did. Everything started to make sense. No longer did I feel the need to compare myself to anyone else because I realized that it takes all of us to fulfill God’s plan. It’s an excellent book and I refer back to it all the time.

I have since gotten Discover Your Children’s Gifts now that the children are getting old enough to see their strengths developing. Both books help you identify the gifts in yourself as well as others.

Recently, I found this quick, little Spiritual Gifts Test that confirmed what I knew to be my gifts. No test is perfect, but I think that it gives you something with which to start.

How many people have no clue what their God-given gifts are? How many people are not serving the Kingdom because they don’t know where they fit in? I don’t believe you can have true joy nor serve the Lord effectively as possible, until you know what your gifts are.

Pray

Why not pray the following prayer and then take the test so you take joy in who God created you be and begin to use those spiritual gifts He has given you?

Heavenly Father,

Your Word says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. It also says that only good gifts come from You. Therefore You have created me just the way I am for this specific time. I believe you have a plan for my life and I want to come in agreement with that plan. I desire to use the spiritual gifts You have given me to bring You glory and for the good of the Kingdom. Reveal my gifts to me and give me the courage to step out in faith to begin to use them, in Jesus’ name, Amen.