[ Romans 12:4 - 12:8 ] - hymn 196 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. [ ROMANS 12:6 ] Decades ago, I went to a college retreat where everyone was talking about a personality test. ¡°I¡¯m an ISTJ!¡± one said. ¡°I¡¯m an ENFP,¡± another chirped. I was mystified. ¡°I¡¯m an ABCXYZ,¡± I joked.
Since then, I¡¯ve learned a lot about that test (the Myers-Briggs) and others such as the DiSC assessment. I find them fascinating because they can help us understand ourselves and others in helpful, revealing ways-shedding light on our preferences, strengths, and weaknesses. Provided we don¡¯t overuse them, they can be a useful tool God uses to help us grow.
Scripture doesn¡¯t offer us personality tests. But it does affirm each person¡¯s uniqueness in God¡¯s eyes (SEE PSALM 139:14-16 JEREMIAH 1:5), and it shows us how God equips all of us with a unique personality and unique gifts to serve others in His kingdom. In Romans 12:6, Paul begins to unpack this idea, when he says, ¡°We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.¡±
Those gifts, Paul explains, are not for us alone but for the purpose of serving God¡¯s people, Christ¡¯s body (V. 5). They¡¯re an expression of His grace and goodness, working in and through all of us. They invite each of us to be a unique vessel in God¡¯s service. ADAM R. HOLZ | | [ ·Î¸¶¼ 12:4 - 12:8 ] - Âù¼Û°¡ 196 Àå ¿ì¸®¿¡°Ô ÁֽŠÀºÇý´ë·Î ¹ÞÀº Àº»ç°¡ °¢°¢ ´Ù¸£´Ï(·Î¸¶¼ 12:6) ¼ö ½Ê³â Àü ÇÑ ´ëÇÐ ¼ö·Ãȸ¿¡ °¬À» ¶§ Âü°¡ÇÑ ¸ðµç »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¼º°Ý À¯Çü°Ë»ç¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¸»ÇÏ°í ÀÖ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¡°³ª´Â ISTJÀÔ´Ï´Ù!¡±¶ó°í ¸»ÇÏÀÚ ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¡°³ª´Â ENFP¿¹¿ä.¡±¶ó°í Èï°ã°Ô ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù. ¾î¸®µÕÀýÇß´ø ³ª´Â ³ó´ãÁ¶·Î ¡°³ª´Â ABCXYZÀÔ´Ï´Ù.¡±¶ó°í ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
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