HOUSEWARMING GIFTS

Max Lucado, pastor and author wrote:

“Long before you knew you needed grace, your Father had you covered. “Christ died for us while we were still sinners” (Romans 5:8). Before you knew you needed a Savior, you had one. And when you ask him for mercy, he answers, “I’ve already given it, dear child. I’ve already given it.”

And there’s more! When you place your trust in Christ, he places his Spirit in you. And when the Spirit comes, he brings gifts – housewarming gifts of sorts. “A spiritual gift” the Bible says “is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church” (1 Corinthians 12:7).

When you become a child of God, the Holy Spirit requisitions your abilities for God’s kingdom, and they become spiritual gifts. No one is gift deprived. Are you weary of an ordinary existence? Your spiritual adventure awaits. The cure for the common life begins and ends with God.”

I had not thought of spiritual gifts as housewarming gifts. We are now the ‘house of the Lord’ and when he gives us gifts… they are housewarming gifts. I like that.

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.’” Jesus