Visibly Hidden

Do you think about your spiritual gifts? If you are a believer of Christ, you were given gifts that God intended you to use for ministry, for His glory.

However.......

As humans, we dream of those gifts that put us in the spotlight. Some people are gifted with what could be called "visible gifts."  These are the gifts that are easily seen - teaching/preaching, leadership or hospitality for example. Think about the not "so spiritual gifts" too. For example, many are gifted musically, either by voice or playing an instrument (or, for the extra jolt - both). Tho music may notbe considered a spiritual gift, many wish they could sing as worship to God through music (that didn't sound like noise). Even though we know that the Psalmist said "make a joyful noise," we wish we weren't the "noise" when singing in a group or in our car.

Now if you are one of those gifted people that can teach and people hang on to every word you say or the musician that brings about true worship in any setting, then you are 1 in a few. The caution here is to not let your gifts be so short sighted - meaning, God gave you the gifts for Him to enjoy not people on Earth. We get to see your gifts but it is ultimately for God and His glory.

For the rest of us.......

I would venture to say that most of us have "invisible gifts." These are the gifts that are not so easily seen or recognized. Gifts such as service, mercy, or encouraging. My gift has always been service, it doesn't matter how many times I take the test or at what point I take it, my top gift is always service.The down fall for us is that even though we may shy away from being the center of attention, we still strive for the attention. We want someone to recognize that we are good at something or we made a difference. Really, we want the attention for ourselves tho we hate to admit it. Our gifts are unique to us. We are exactly how God made us for the time we are here on Earth. We should remember that God rewards what is done for Him, no matter if others see it or not. We will all get the reward in Heaven when we spend eternity with Jesus, continuing to worship Him.

For all of us, it is important that God's plan and God's approval is what we seek, not the approval of humans. But as a human we understand what a "Good job" can do to boost a person's day. So why don't we take advantage of that for others. Who knows we may even get positive feedback in return.