Body Building Daily Devotional - 25

1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-7 | ⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. ⁷ To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

The church sees its diversity as a product of its mission. What distinguishes us is the different gifts we have been given to use for our common purposes. Since we have different passions, skills, talents, and experiences we can make distinctive contributions to a set of unified goals. God bestows and activates the capacities we have through His Spirit, “for the common good.”

A church needs creative artists because we hope to make moments of beautiful praise and thanksgiving. A church needs teachers as it educates, counselors as it heals, practical activists as it helps, wise stewards as it spends resources, leaders as it discerns, preachers and evangelists as it proclaims, administrators as it builds, seekers after righteousness as it fights injustice, healers whenever it responds to brokenness.

Does this concept of diversity and unity excite you?

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