Some are given...All are called...

Compliments of my Study Notes :) It's kinda poetic don't you think?

Some Christians are given Divine wisdom (1 Cor 13:8)
All beleivers are called to live wisely (Rom 16:19; Eph 5:15; Col 4:5)

Some Christians are given Extraordinary faith (1 Cor 12:9)
All Believers are called to walk by faith (2 Cor 5:7) and abound in faith (2 Cor 8:7); to take up the shield of faith (Eph 6:16) and pursue faith (1 Tim 6:12; 2 Tim 2:22)

Some Christians are given Special teaching gifts (1 Cor 12:28; Rom 12:7)
All Believers are called to teach others the truths of God (Matt 28:20; 2 Tim 2:2,24)

Some Christians are given Supernatural ability to help (1 Cor 12:28)
All Believers are called to serve one another in love (Gal 5:13) and to minister to others (Rom 12:7)

Some Christians are given the gift of exhortation (Rom 12:8)
All Believers are called to exhort one another daily (Heb 3:13)

Some Christians are given the ability to give with liberality (Rom 12:8)
All Believers are called to give "not grudgingly or of necessity" but cheerfully (2 Cor 9:7)

Some Christians are given Divine power to show mercy (Rom 12:8)
All Believers are called to be merciful (Luke 6:36; James 2:13)

an exerpt from Wanda Beth Moore's "Breaking Free"

[Isaiah 40:12-28; 45:5-25; 46:1-13]

"As I read over these passages, I am sobered and humbled once again. Sometimes what we need to cure our fat egos is a strong dose of G'd. Long before a certain visionary "discovered" the earth was round, G'd sat enthroned above the circle of the earth. Long before men were so "enlightened," G'd formed the light and the darkness. Long before the first billion dollars was invested in exploring space, G'd's own hands stretched out the heavens. Long before there was a "beginning," G'd had already planned the end. Like Peter on the mount of tr'nsfiguration, we're so caught up in the t'bernacles we want to build that we sometimes miss a fresh revel'tion of G'd's glory right before our eyes.

If only we could realize that we make life so much more complicated when our approach to life is "all about me." Do you know why? Because the rest of the world never cooperates. No one else appears to have gotten the memo. When we see ourselves as the center of the universe, we live in constant frustration because the rest of creation refuses to revolve around us.

Life vastly simplifies and satisfaction greatly amplifies when we begin to realize our awesome roles. G'd is G'd. Frankly, it's all about Him. Thank goodness, He is the center of the universe. So how can we live with such a G'd-centered mentality? Freely! Because with G'd, it's all about us. We seek to please Him. He seeks to perfect us–and life works. Not without pain, but with purpose.

Without the Potter, clay is just dirt. 'The L'rd G'd formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being' (Gen. 2:7)."