Rev Paddi Mullan
Phone: (07) 3391 1355
E-mail:  minister@wkpuc.org.au

Have you ever tried to do anything that you were not gifted to do? Not everyone is a handyman.
If there is a household project, like a plumbing leak or anything mechanical - forget it.
God has not given everyone the "natural" gifts for such things. There are those who prefer
not to buy anything that requires any form of assembly.

I have a friend who can fix or put anything together. It comes naturally to him, and he loves
to help me. This same person looks at some of my abilities and marvels.
We appreciate the gifts God has given to each of us. These differences have created a need
for one another. God wants each of us to need one another.
The Scriptures describe the Body of Christ in the same way. Each person is a member of
His Body with gifts and talents designed to make His Body perform as a multi-talented group,
all playing to the same tune. It is when one member is "out of tune" or decides he doesn't like
his gifts, or decides to do something he is not designed to do that the orchestra begins to
sound off key. Imagine if the parts of the human body decided they didn't want to fulfill
their parts any longer. That body would no longer function effectively because one or more
 of its members were not performing the functions they were designed for.

What has He equipped you for? What role has he called you to play in God's Kingdom?
When one link in the chain is weakened, the whole chain is susceptible to breaking.
God made it that way so that we could help that weak link. He made it that way
so we would be forced to depend on one another. Are you being a strong link in the chain of
God's Kingdom? Ask Him if you are fulfilling your role as He designed.

Blessings, Rev Paddi