God is perfect. People are not.
God equips imperfect people with specific gifts.
The gifts given to people by God are for a specific purpose.
The giver of the gift is perfect therefore the gift is perfect.
The gift is perfect for the purpose.
Therefore the person is perfect… for that purpose.
A person gifted by God is no longer imperfect but perfectly gifted for a specific purpose.
I don’t believe we can work, develop or mature into a spiritual gift. I believe we can only work, develop and mature from a spiritual gift. God has given us exactly what He wants us to have and He expects us to use it… for the purpose He gave it to us.
Too often I let my “want to” get in the way of my “meant to”. God has gifted me (and you) graciously, intentionally, specifically and perfectly. Ephesians 2:10 and I Corinthians 12 (and other places in scripture) make that truth and the reason clear.
The older I get and the more I listen to the truth of God’s word and the more I do what I am gifted to do, the more I see my “want to” turn into my “meant to”. The Lord knows I am so far from perfect, but He is also the One who has given me a gift that makes me perfect for the purpose he gave it to me.
(That’s true for you too… In Christ, God has not only made you perfect for heaven but He has made you perfect for the purpose He created you for in the first place… Wow! What a GREAT and GRACIOUS God!)
