Hi Dears Praise The Lord.......... Gifts or Talents? Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11Every good gift and every perfect gift is from Aboveand comes down from the Father of Lights (Js 1:17)The lists of spiritual gifts mentioned in the Bible are not exhaustive but only suggestive. There are undoubtedly several other gifts not mentioned explicitly in these lists. Here are some examples—God has gifted many of His saints to compose and sing songs so sweetly and play extolling music. King David was one such unusually gifted person. He was called the anointed sweet Psalmist of Israel (2 Sam 23:1). In todays mission world, Mr. Emil Jebasingh stands out as a gifted composer of many missionary challenge songs. A severe fever made Fanny Crosby (1823-1915) blind when she was six weeks old. She died at 92. The Lord unusually gifted her and she composed thousands of hymns which never grow old. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine is one of them.Both in celebration and the proclamation of His praise, God has used arts widely. He filled Bezaleel with His Spirit in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship to design artistic works for the House of Worship (Ex 31:1-5). Mr. Navaneethar of Friends Missionary Prayer Band is a modern example. His paintings and drawings have challenged so many and catapulted them to the mission fields. Joni, a quadriplegic because of an accident, paints beautiful pictures for the glory of God by holding the brush in her mouth!Mastering new languages, in short durations at that, has been possible to pioneer missionaries and Bible translators because of Gods gifting. Otherwise how would it have been possible for William Carey (1761-1834), the English-speaking missionary, to translate the Bible into so many Indian vernaculars? God is sovereign. His resources are inexhaustible. Once a little boy was trying to empty the ocean with his bucket!Someone may argue that singing, painting, learning languages, etc., are just talents and not gifts. But it is God who gives talents too. Whatever God gives is a gift. Who makes you differ from another? It is God (1 Cor 4:7). We must not think that speaking in tongues and performing miracles alone are the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This is one reason why we are lagging behind in writing, music and art. The songs of today are more in prose form than poetic. O God, give us hymnologists like Charles Wesley (1707-1788) and Ira Sankey (1840-1908)! Author, Pr.Stanley (from,http//stanleyonbible)
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:39:34 +0000
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