Day 5 (Sunday)
Posted on: June 17, 2007
Although the conference was officially over yesterday, a handful of conferees decided to stay over one more day and join the Metro Bible Fellowship for church. No, Cheryl didn’t preach, as might be indicated by the above picture, but she’s standing where the preacher normally stands to share the word of God.
Normally, I and others listen to Metro via the Internet, where Greg the Guru is hard at work, keeping us linked up. We hear the music, we hear the comments and murmuring, but we often don’t have a clear picture of exactly what is happening “in there”. Bob preached on the Gifts of the Spirit, and the message was very warm. The bottom line was, although we each have gifts to contribute to the edification of the Body of Christ, we’re not to dwell on the gift itself. In other words, don’t compare gifts, or lack of gifts. Simply know what your gift is, and implement for the building up of the Body–not ourselves.
What he said made perfect sense, but it did leave me uncomfortable. I have a gift for music. Music theory comes easy for me, learning new instruments come easy to me. However, what on earth can I do with that, outside a collective corporate worship? I don’t have the time nor the desire to join a gospel group that mixes law + grace, so what are my options?
Thankfully, the Holy Spirit gently tugged me and renewed my thinking. It’s not up to me to ‘make’ the gift be used, but rather, simply to be available. I would love to use it, however, that’s in God’s territory. If He desires me to be a part of that, then He, not me, will open the window of opportunity. I don’t have to strive, grunt and groan, and force my music onto others. The main thing a child of God is called to do, is to believe on the one Whom He sent; to love others as God loves us. Everything else is minor–God tends to the details.
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