If you're not sure what your gift is, ask yourself these three questions: What can I do that I'm best at, with little effort on my part?What is the one thing that other people associate with me?I've listened to others connect this gift with me, so how have I used it?
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, and much commented upon by patristic authors. They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
These abilities, often termed "charismatic gifts", are the word of knowledge, increased faith, the gifts of healing, the gift of miracles, prophecy, the discernment of spirits, kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues.
According to the Scriptures, these gifts include such ministries as faith, healing, prophecy, proclamation, teaching, administration, reconciliation, compassion, and self-sacrificing service and charity for the help and encouragement of people.
Wisdom is the first and highest gift of the Holy Spirit, because it is the perfection of faith. Through wisdom, we come to value properly those things which we believe through faith.
Speaking in tongues is the least among the spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:28). God gave spiritual gifts so that church members can build each other up (1 Cor. 12:7).
To be spiritually gifted is to have an outstanding ability to transcend self-centered needs and wants, and to rise above the human tendency to divide people into groups of those who are “worthy” of care and respect and those who are not. For the spiritually gifted however, everyone is a candidate for compassion.
What is the most precious gift you have received from God?
The Lord Jesus Christ is our most precious of all gifts from God. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John wrote: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” We know that the greatest and most precious gift ever was the gift of the Atonement of Jesus Christ given by both the Father and the Son.
Do spiritual gifts come ready to use? takes time to mature and develop into the full effectiveness God intended. It is our obligation to mature our gifts.
