The Handyman Can

I Cor. 12:1
Rom. 12:4 – 6a 

You may know someone who has every tool pretty much known to mankind. It seems all this person does is keep his tools stored nice and neatly in his tool box and never uses ¾ of the tools he has. He prides himself on how many tools he has, but unfortunately he never or rarely uses them or even worse, he doesn’t know how to use most of them or what they are for.

Today I want to do what I do best and that is to spiritualize the toolbox. I want to show that each one of you possesses a spiritual toolbox and there are indeed tools in it.


Four Types of People with Spiritual Toolboxes

1. People who know they have a toolbox with their gift(s) and are using them for the glory of God.
2. People who do not realize they have a killer set of tools (gifts) that God has given to them to use.
3. People who know they have them but do not know HOW to use their gifts or the purpose they serve.
4. People who know they have a toolbox with tools in it but choose not to use them for one reason or another.

If you are a believer you know the Holy Spirit dwells in your life and this privilege of the Spirit entitles you to possess certain gifts/tools that God has made available to you. If you are a Christian you have a supernatural endowment from the Holy Spirit that will produce supernatural results. In other words, you have a gift or gifts given to you by God that enable you to do what you could never do in your own power.

It is important  to know what tools we possess and how to use them. Have you ever tried using a tool for something other than its intended purpose? (screwdriver for hammer) You may accomplish what you set out to do but not without problems. It’s easier to use the tool for it’s intended purpose and we cannot use it for its purpose if we don’t know what the purpose of the tool is.

In the previous blogs (Open the Flood Gates) I went over in detail various gifts found in the Bible and prayerfully they helped you gain a better understanding of what gift is. Tomorrow I want to look primarily at what Spiritual Gifts are, there purpose, Do we need to know them, who has them and what the motivation is behind them. Hopefully you'll come back and check it out.