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HELEN SANDERS
2-15-2023
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
We recently purchased some vinyl gloves and the box said on it, “One Size Fits All.” Well, that may be a little misleading, because these gloves are big on my hands. They will fit some people perfect, but they don’t fit everyone the same.
It seems that Christianity often becomes “One Size Fits All” also. We tend to think that if we have certain gifts that everyone should understand them. But that isn’t the case. There are giftings from God that go with certain of the five-fold ministry offices that people will not have and they will not understand how they work in your life.
A prophet will see things in the spirit that others will not see. I have seen people get angry when I shared something given to me in a vision. They questioned why they didn’t “see things.” Well, the answer is plain. They weren’t called to that office, so they weren’t equipped with what the office required.
Paul instructs us in 1 Corinthians 12:14-22 where it says, “14 For the body is not one member (part), but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members (parts) every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary.”
We should never be jealous of someone that is gifted differently than we are. We need each other. There is no “One Size Fits All” place in the body of Christ. We are each unique and each have been gifted by God to do their part. When you learn this you will not be jealous and you will not be offended at someone that has a different gift than you.
We must all work together to make the body of Christ work. This takes unity, and there must be unity in the body of Christ before he comes back. Do your part and let others do theirs and love each other as Christ loves us.
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