If you want to know what your special gift from God is look inside yourself first. What are you good at? What motivates you? What interests you? What makes you happy? I mentioned in an earlier blog I thought my special gift was exhortation but maybe I was wrong. We all use exhortation when witnessing for Christ. The key for this gift is the verbal one on one and group motivation of others to fulfill their full spiritual potential. This gift is for extroverts and is best manifested in preachers and evangelists. Oral communication is primary. I’m an introvert. I have a love of reading, writing, planning, studying, etc. I was never happier in my job before I retired than when I was teaching someone what I knew. Maybe my gift is teaching, which requires all of these traits. Exhortation is verbal and teaching for me is to put it in writing and presenting it.
Both of these gifts when used in conjunction can motivate the faithful to grow in Christ when used on a blogging platform. Exhortation can be both verbal and by the written word. Blogging is just a new way to share the gospel that’s in its infancy. God will use every advance in technology to further the kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit can bestow multiple gifts on a person, although I’m not sure that’s common. I know the Holy Spirit has been bugging me for several years study God’s Word and write about my faith. This eventually led me to start my blog site. The Holy Spirit wouldn’t give me a task without also giving me the gift or gifts needed to complete it.
Everyone has at least one gift from God so I’m claiming both exhortation and teaching as my special gifts from God. Only time will tell if I’m correct. My goal is to exhort everyone to study God’s Word while teaching them how to witness for Christ. If we know the Bible we won’t fall for false teachings and if we witness for Christ we fulfill the Great Commission give us by Jesus before His ascension back to heaven.
Col 1:28 – Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
2 Pet 2:1 – But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.