Ephesians

God’s Building and Maintenance Program

There are a variety of gifts, and most of us (I think it’s safe to say) have received more than one of the gifts. Over the span of a lifetime, as we mature in our faith and explore new avenues of ministry, we may discover additional gifts we never imagined we had.

I like to think of spiritual gifts as “God’s building and maintenance program.” Spiritual gifts may be said to divide between two major divisions or categories: (1) the Building Gifts, those spiritual gifts that serve to lay the foundation and build the structure of the church, and (2) the Maintenance Gifts, those spiritual gifts that help to maintain the proper functioning of the body of Christ.

It is vitally important that we, as members of the body of Christ, learn how to discern these gifts in ourselves, how to recognize and affirm them in others, and how to put them to work in our daily service to God.