Each According To His Ability (Part 7)

As we close out this series, I just want to encourage you to not live in isolation (Hebrews 10:25). You were not meant to do everything yourself. Find what you are good at and partner with others who have complementary gifts.

God gives each of us according to our ability (Matthew 25:15). But it's always His will for us to use what He's given us to its fullest potential (John 10:10). That can only happen in community. We were made to be one of a larger whole (Romans 12:4-5).

Find who complements you and live life to the fullest!

Have a great rest of your week!

God bless,
J.W.

Series Recap - Each According to His Ability

• Part 1: Operate In Your Function
• Part 2: Be Content With Where You Are
• Part 3: Manage The Small Stuff Well
• Part 4: The Power To Produce Wealth
• Part 5: Avoid Comparisons With Others
• Part 6: Do Not Live In Isolation

Each According to His Ability (Part 6)

"For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them..." ~ Romans 12:4‭-‬6 NKJV

There's a reason we all have different gifts.

Because God doesn't intend for us to live in isolation.

Rather, man is designed to live interdependently. That is, that while each of us is responsible for managing our own individual gifts and talents, we also have a responsibility to use our gifts for the good of the whole.

Don't believe me? Check Romans 12!

In it, the Bible says that we are members of one body. While we all have different functions, the body is designed to work in concert with itself. In order words, each of us make up a part of a body that ultimately works together as one.

That is why I encourage folks to find what they're good at and partner with others in the areas they are not.

We weren't designed to do everything on our own. God gives us a function so that we might edify the body, not just ourselves. But when we function in isolation, we actually operate in dysfunction.

So, how are you functioning today?

God bless,
J.W. 

Each According to His Ability (Part 5)

"For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise." - 2 Corinthians 10:12 NKJV

Let's talk about comparing ourselves to others.

In short, comparing ourselves to others is foolish.

Why do we do it?

God says He's given each of us according to our own ability (Matthew 25:15). He gives each of us a measure of grace (Ephesians 4:7) and faith (Romans 12:3). In other words, we are all different, uniquely and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14).

So then, comparing myself to someone else makes no sense. Rather, my measuring stick should be my own potential, not the status, power, or ability of someone else.

In 2 Corinthians 10, Paul warns against such comparisons. In fact, he calls them unwise (2 Corinthians 10:12). Instead, Paul instructs us to measure ourselves "within the limits of the sphere which God appointed to us" (2 Corinthians 10:13).

God has given each of us a race to run, a purpose to accomplish (Hebrews 12:1). You may not be the fastest or the quickest, but God doesn't measure us against other people. He measures us within the sphere that He's given us.

What's your measuring stick today?

God bless,
J.W.