Isn’t the variety of the Spirit simply wonderful!
“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.” 1 Corinthians 12:4-6
He gives gifts. Paul will list nine. There are more mentioned in other letters of Paul. In order to draw people to Jesus Christ the Spirit distributes gifts and we will examine these over the next few days.
He gives services or ministries. Paul mentions these elsewhere in Ephesians 4 where the 5-fold offices of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastors and teachers are listed. These services/ministries are to equip every one of us to become more like Jesus.
He gives workings or activities of power. These miracles are the same as the gift of miracles which is listed in this chapter. Again there are different kinds. But they come from the same God. The Spirit’s task is to let Jesus be known.
It is easy for us to be focused solely on what gift or grace we have or how the power of God works through us on any occasion.
But fundamentally it’s never about us, it’s not who we are, what grace, office, gift, or what happened when the power of God worked through our lives. It’s so important that we all remember this is about Jesus. The moment we forget that is the moment we have strayed
Missions Paul 