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Friday, September 07, 2007

The way things can be.

"For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministring; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness." -Romans 12:4-8

I read this today and meditated on it for awhile...

I began to think of how many times that I have seen a gift within some one yet they haven't had the platform within the church to exercise that gift-- why is that?
Shouldn't we be encouraging people to walk in FULLNESS in their giftings?
How can we change this?
Just some questions I was thinking on...

I have a heart to see people walk in their fullness. I believe it is necessary to be a fully functional body, that we ALL desire to see our brother or sister walk in their Fullness.
So when you see a teacher-- encourage them to teach.
When you see a father-- encourage them to hang with the youth.
When you see a healer-- encourage them to lay hands on the sick.
When you see a visionary-- encourage them to dream big.
When you see the compassionate-- encourage them to feel.
When you see an Intercessor-- encourage them to stand in the gap.
And so on..

Yep, this is the way it should be.

Deep Peace.