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| Different Parts; Different Hearts BY JOHN FISCHER |
 Why do we all have different passions? So everything that's supposed to get done will get done. Sometimes we get overwhelmed because we are constantly exposed to people with various passions for service, and when they represent their cause, they are so committed to that which has captured them that we feel guilty for not sharing their zeal. We seem indifferent in comparison. When I was in college, we had chapel every day and almost every day we heard a message from someone who had a passion for some particular ministry. They were usually in some ways recruiting us for service, whether it was in missions, or in the church, or in society, or among the poor. It was overwhelming, and often frustrating, because everyone made every concern sound like the only thing any caring person would support. The same thing happens in our churches. Sometimes we feel guilt because we don't have the same passion as the last person who talked about missions, or abortion, or the homeless, or marriage, or singleness, or men's ministry, or AIDS prevention, or prisons, or evangelism, or the military. What we forget is that there are so many needs because there are so many of us to meet them. We aren't supposed to get our bell rung by every appeal that comes by. We are a body made up of different parts and different hearts; we don't have to all be moved by the same issues and needs. This is where the concept and the practical nature of spiritual gifts come in. There are a variety of gifts and there are a variety of ministries, but the same Lord working in all and through all. No one has to do everything; no one can. It is up to us to find out where we fit and what God put us here to do. Soon you will be just as passionate about something because it's your thing. This is the way it's supposed to be. We only get frustrated when we forget this and try and take on everything, or get so overwhelmed that we take on nothing at all. All of this should just make us marvel at the wisdom of God even more. He's designed us all with different abilities and different interests so that we are not only good at what we do, we do not have to be frustrated or depressed over what we aren't good at. When we all do our part in the body of Christ, everyone gets a job, everyone gets honored and everyone's important. That's the way it's supposed to be. |
| About the Author: John Fischer is a Senior Writer for Purpose-Driven-Life.com, Sign up for free and receive your own devotionals. |
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