A Gift to Use

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.- 1 Peter 4:10 (NLT) “I feel so anxious all the time,” the woman’s eyes were downcast, ashamed of her admission. “That’s hard. What do you do to try to counteract it?” I asked gently. “Oh, I try to keep busy. I try to think about other things.” She had come for prayer after our church service. “Have you tried using the Bible as a weapon?” I went on to encourage her to read aloud verses about God’s peace vs. anxiety. After we prayed together, she looked up. “I feel so much more peaceful! I’m going to try what you suggested. Thank you!” God gave me joy in helping and praying with her. I recently took a short free spiritual gifts test online. It revealed my five spiritual gifts. At the top is exhortation which is the ability to strengthen, comfort or urge others to action through the spoken or written word and Bible truth. I’m delighted to use my writing skill to combine with this gift in the last several years of writing devotions. I can also use it when I pray and advise people. What about you? Do you know your God-given spiritual gifts? Do you use them to serve Christ and others? Dear Lord God, thank you for giving me a spiritual gift and helping me to use it for your glory. Throughout this day: Read about spiritual gifts. Take a free online test. Pray and ask God how he would like you to use your gift. Originally published here on May 20, 2026: https://thelife.com/devotionals/find-your-gift Subscribe to all my writing and episodes here: https://sheyvahrex.substack.com/ Prayer requests or comments or questions here: [email protected] Ask me how we can have a voice call and pray together. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sheyvahrex.substack.com