All Christians who have been saved unto eternal life have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior by faith. The believer is then indwelt by the Holy Spirit to help us in our walk with God. Everyone knows this. What most people don’t know is the Holy Spirit when He arrives inside you He comes bearing gifts. According to the Apostle Paul, the Holy Spirit gives to every believer a special gift from God to help them do the work God has planned for them to do. The key is for the believer to do a little investigating and discover what their special gift is and then develop it and use it to the glory of God through Jesus Christ working in us. The seven gifts of God identified by Paul are the following:
1. Prophecy
2. Ministry (service)
3. Teaching
4. Giving
5. Mercy
6. Leadership (organization)
7. Exhortation
Effective Christians who are fulfilling God’s will for their lives are those Christians who know their special gift from God and have developed it to the point they impact the kingdom of God. Conversely, those Christians who are still on spiritual milk have no idea what undeveloped gift of God they were given and are of little use to God here on earth.
Rom 12:6-8 – Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.