I Don't Know What My Gifts Are

I find that statement to sometimes be true when I'm talking to someone about having spiritual gifts. You know, those intangible things that we use to minister to people that come from the Holy Spirit, but should be easy to define, but more than half of us don't know what they are? You follow?

Here's the deal, I believe that the enemy likes to make us think that we can't know what we don't know because we don't have enough knowledge, or we're just not "spiritual" enough. To that I say, "Hogwash!" He is the king when it comes to smoke screens. Blow the smoke away and listen up!

The Word teaches that God has given each of us gifts in the Spirit. They aren't hard to define and really aren't difficult to figure out. Maybe we sometimes believe that they need to look or even "feel" a certain way.

I myself have wrestled with "what are my gifts?" Here are the things I use (and remind myself of).

1. We have the Word of God that lists out what they are. Look here and here to start with.

2. We have the most amazing thing called the Internet. You can take "spiritual gifts assessment" and those will help you find what you might be gifted in. I used this one. There are many. Take more than one. I have.

3. You have a personality that lends itself to different talents, passions, and burdens.

4. You have the Holy Spirit in you who will guide you into all truth and will show you what He has gifted you in. Have you taken the time to ask?

5. You have a burden for something, right? What upsets you? What makes you cry? What kicks your "I can help that" antenna into gear?

6. You have natural gifts that are enhanced by the Spirit. Oddly enough, He created both of them.

7. You have a God who has called you to be a minister. What that looks like is between you and Him, but you have to be willing to humble yourself, listen in the Spirit (which means, take time to "hear" what's in your heart and head), and get in the Word. Ask Him what you need to be a minister to.

8. You cannot compare with other people.

9. Your "giftings" might be different in different seasons, however, I believe there are core gifts that the Spirit will use in you all the time.

10. The enemy has no authority to tell you that you aren't gifted. Give him the boot!

Any questions? :)