Effectively using God's gifts involves years of obedience,
perseverance, and endurance. We must be careful to keep our hearts open to
God's direction and live a life pleasing to Him. That requires a life of
humility patterned on the attitudes and actions of Jesus.
We must use our gifts for God's purposes - "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." Philippians 2:3. For example, rather than using our testimony to
demonstrate our spiritual superiority, we might try humbly sharing it with
people who could use a simple word of hope.
Embracing the humility of Jesus entails sitting in His presence, praying, reading God's Word, and allowing the Scriptures to infuse and transform our lives. With our Lord's guidance, we must take on "the very nature of a servant." Philippians 2:7
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