Daily Walk Through the New Testament
December 2
Read 1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Spiritual gifts are the supernatural tools God gives to every believer. When these miraculous gifts are coordinated to complement each other, they build up the church, the individual Christian, and even unteaches people! How is that possible? Spiritual gifts edify the church. The word edify, used in (vs. 3-5, 12), comes from two Greek words that literally mean “to build the house.” Some gifts build up the individual (vs. 4), some build up the church (vs. 4-5), and some help to evangelize the lost (v. 24-25).
If you hired a carpenter, a painter, an electrician, and a plumber to work on your house, all of them would use different tools and do different jobs, but in the end, the finished product would be home improvement. Spiritual gifts are just like that. Even though our tools and tasks differ, the church is edified through the exercise of them.
Are you taking part in what God is doing in and through the body of Christ? Look around you for needs to meet, and offer your spiritual gifts to build others up. Ask God to guide you and use you for His purpose.