How the Holy Spirit Works Through Your Personality and Giftedness

If you have followed Jesus for any length of time, you know that the Holy Spirit works through your personality and giftedness. You can become so effective as a minister in your own world. No, you don't have to become a preacher. You simply follow the Holy Spirit. He will show you exactly the ministry you are created for.

If you don't know your gift, we can furnish a spiritual analysis test. When you are finished with it, you can either send it back for answers or you can determine your gifts from it by yourself. Knowing your gift(s) and ministry(ies) can allow you to walk closely with the Holy Spirit and have a truly personal relationship with Jesus.

Become a Disciple

Another reason to become a disciple of Jesus is to allow him to work freely in you. Jesus desires to work through your giftedness and personality. He wants you to rest, complete in Him.

According to your purpose above and the Bible, God created you for good works (Ephesians 2:10) when or if you become a believer,

However, how do you know what your “good works” are? When God created you, He had purpose for your life. Then he gives you the potential to carry out your purpose. He knows exactly what your ministry and giftedness is.

God matches your gift(s) and your personality so that your ministry fits. When you give the Holy Spirit control of your life, you will do the good works for which you were created.

Explanations of how you know what your ministry is can sometimes defy words. When a man is called to preach, he knows it was the Holy Spirit that spoke to him. The same thing could happen in your ministry.

Yet, there are men and women who seem to do several things before finding the exact fit for ministry. Some ministers have made a career of the Armed Services before becoming pastors. Others finish a career in business or politics or car salesmen or production workers before they find their calling.

I have known two drug addicts whom God called to preach. You may know of a minister who came out of the sex/drug world before he became obedient to God.

God Will Use You

God can use anyone. He has called everyone, but not all answer the call. In the world today, there are over seven-billion people. 2.1 billion (2,100,000,000) are practicing Christians. That is not a great percentage of practicing believers.

How effective are our churches in the world today? Looks as if the church isn’t a really effective tool at spreading the gospel. Remember, you are the church. The building where you worship is just that—a building! If the church is ineffective, then it comes down to you and me, doesn’t it?

In a scripture used above from Ephesians 2:10, you are God’s “workmanship.” Another word for workmanship could be “masterpiece.” You truly are a one-of-a-kind creation. Nothing or no one can ever be you. God created you specifically for a ministry.

All that is necessary for you to do is give in to the Holy Spirit. God will never force you to do ministry. That’s why I believe he places you in ministry that fits you.

Learn Rest

When you learn to rest, complete in the ministry God designed for you, you will do marvelous work for the Kingdom. No! You are never on a performance basis with Jesus. He loves you if you never do a single ministry. However, think of all that his Kingdom lacks if you don’t fulfill your ministry goals? Get our study on rest ==>go here!

Remember, Jesus desires to work through your giftedness and personality. He created you for good works. Let the Holy Spirit direct your ministry while you rest.

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Blessings,


Howard

PS: A complete study on your freedom through rest can be had from B. C. Ministries, Inc. Email us for your free copy.

PSS: Our first novel, The Red-Haired Master Shepherd, has been published. The novel is fiction about a little known Biblical character who meets Jesus. Check it out here. Or you can email us for your copy.

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A Call to Holiness—Walk in It

Since you are called to be holy, why not walk in it? Holiness isn't being good. It isn't just for saints. Holiness is for all believers in Jesus Christ.

Holy means to be set apart, the called out ones. Paul addresses the church in Rome as, "called as saints" (Romans 7:1). Therefore, it appears that all who are called are saints.

A Commandment

One of the commandments is, “Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy,” (Exodus 20:8).

Of course, I know you are not under law but under grace, (Romans 6:14).

However, does Romans 6:14 negate God’s plans? You can keep the sabbath day without putting yourself under law.

There’s still a Sabbath Rest. It’s a rest, a condition whereby you walk as loosely to God as you possibly can. You are overcoming the enemy, defeating sin in your life, communing with God constantly (pray without ceasing, 1 Thessalonians 5:17) you are doing ministry like crazy—good ministry--that you know you can’t do on your own, and God is in total control of it all. That’s what Sabbath Rest looks like. (If you would like a free, online study on rest? ==>Go here.

Holiness, my friends, is a major part of your Sabbath Rest experience. Without holiness, you cannot reach this level.

God is Holy

Look at this! The Bible teaches us that God is holy. Look at Revelation 4:8 with me, “And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”

The Bible also says, “. . .Be ye holy for I the Lord God am Holy,” (Leviticus 11:44b)

Therefore, it stands to reason that if you are going to walk with the Lord in Sabbath Rest, then one requirement is to walk in holiness. This is not an “under law” statement; rather, an entering into a state of condition. Jesus makes you holy. You have direct access to the throne of grace.

The condition you are seeking is to bring your physical body—still unredeemed if you can read and hear this—under subjection to this state of holiness. This way your walk matches your spiritual condition given you by your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Holiness

What is holiness? I believe it to be a place where sin isn’t allowed. It’s a conditional place where sin cannot touch. I say this because God lives in such a place, and he tells you to be holy because he is holy. If he expects holiness, then you can live and walk in holiness with the power of the Holy Spirit as your guide.

“Oh, but you don’t understand what my world is like,” you begin complaining inside your mind whenever you hear that you are to live holy.

Another excuse you make is, “God never can expect me to live holy. I can’t do my job without cussing someone.” Notice I preface this with an excuse.

God cannot sin; however, we on the other hand in our fallen state inherited from brother Adam, we have sin all around.

Therefore, God sent into this mess of a world; first, his law, second, his word.

The Law

The law was in physical form to show the world how to follow God’s holiness. While the word came bodily and later in written form. Its purpose was to show the world and sin that they couldn’t dictate to you how you behave. Sin and the world no longer were your master because the living word came into this mess called God’s creation.

Look at what John writes about this living word in 1:9-10, “There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.”

True Light

John tells us that this true light, a light that teaches the world how to shine holiness into its darkness, shines on every man. However, the men of the world sometimes can’t see the light. If you wonder why the world acts as it does, there’s your answer—it refuses to see the light.

When you walk in the light, you dismiss the influences of the world. You use God’s living word helping you walk in a state of holiness. Along the way you learn to defeat sin (our enemy) (Redemptive Rest). You learn to clean out your land (Canaan Rest). Then you walk so closely with the Lord in holiness (Sabbath Rest).

Sabbath Journey

A “Sabbath day journey” is used often in scripture as a measure between two towns. For instance, Bethany was a Sabbath day journey from Jerusalem.

Other than being a handy distance reference, the Sabbath journey prohibited a Jew from traveling further from home, approximately 2/3rds of our mile, from evening of Friday until evening (when three stars appeared in the sky) on Saturday evening, for the Sabbath journey. Physically, those living around the Jews could observe that there was no travel by them on the Sabbath day.

God through his servant, Moses, told his people, “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you,” (2 Corinthians 6:17).

The Sabbath journey would physically show the Jews as separate. They didn’t do work on this day. They didn’t travel of this day. There was no smoke coming out of their chimneys during the time of the Sabbath. It would be easy to observe these physical things by anyone watching. The neighbors could see that the clothes were not hung on the line on the Sabbath.

In Essence

You want to be holy because God is holy. You have every desire to be as close to him as you can get. You can be separate without putting yourself or your neighbor under the law.

God chose you because you have purpose and potential. He walks with you through the power of his Holy Spirit. You can do all things through Christ Jesus. It is he who gives you your strength.

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Blessings,


Howard

PS: A complete study on your freedom through rest can be had from B. C. Ministries, Inc. Email us for your free copy.

PSS: Our first novel, The Red-Haired Master Shepherd, has been published. The novel is fiction about a little known Biblical character who meets Jesus. Check it out here. Or you can email us for your copy.

Who You Are Isn't Based on Performance with God. Who You Are Should Have A Direct Bearing on How You Perform.