Faith Work Out

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. ~ Romans 12:6

Consider these two people: The first has a lousy diet and thinks exercise is walking from his chair to the kitchen and back. The second is in great shape, eats well, and works out regularly. If they both have to be on a flight leaving in 10 minutes and they are at the opposite end of the Atlanta airport, which one won’t have leg cramps and chest pains once he reaches the plane? Consider that these two people are like our faith walk and spiritual gifts. If the amount of time and purposefulness you put into growing your faith is more like the first person, then your gifts will never move past the beginning stage. If, however, you’re more like the second person, then there is no telling what God will do in and through you. As the scripture says, “Let him use [his gift] in proportion to [comparable or relative to the size of] his faith [conviction of the truth].” At the end of your life, when God asks you to give an account of all your actions and how you used the gifts He gave you, would you rather say you lived more like the first person or the second?