A couple of months ago the thought came to me through the Holy Spirit that possibly it is not good for me to try and pin down my spiritual giftings. Maybe my idea of what God has specifically put me on this earth to do could keep me from doing other things he wants me to do that are outside of the specified giftings. I have heard many within the church say, "I cannot do this or that. It is not part of my calling and giftings." There have been occasions that I have questioned a direction the Lord seemed to be leading me because it did not line up with my ideas.
If I do as Jesus instructed in Matthew 22:37, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,'' and also whatever my hands find to do, do it with all my might (Ec 9:10) then there is no fear of missing my calling or my purpose.
When the Holy Spirit speaks a direction to me, there defintiely are things that I am more excited about doing than others or places I had rather go than others.
In absolute obedience I discover my giftings and callings.
" But once you receive a commission from Jesus Christ, the memory of what God asks of you will always be there to prod you on to do His will. You will no longer be able to work for Him on the basis of common sense." from Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, March 4
Links to Oswald Chambers Devotionals
http://www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php (updated version)
http://www.myutmost.org/ (original version)
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If my prayer is, "I surrender all, Thy will be done," then I am open/available to whatever way the Holy Spirit wants to manifest "His" gifts through me at any given time.
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