Your Spiritual Gift

The story is told of the wealthy Texan who was in the habit of giving his father unique gifts every father’s day. One year it was hang-gliding lessons. The year before it was the entire record collection of Slim Whitman’s Hits, autographed by the singer himself. But this past year he had outdone himself. He purchased a rare kind of South American bird, called the translator. This bird could speak five languages and sing the “Yellow Rose of Texas” in any key while standing on one foot. The talented bird cost ten thousand dollars, but he felt it was worth every penny. This would be the father’s day gift his dad would never forget. A week after Father’s Day he called his father. “Dad, how did you like the bird?” His father responded, “It was delicious.” Scripture states how “…each of us has been given a spiritual gift.” (I Cor. 12:4) Today, have you opened your gift and are you using it as the Giver intended it to be used?