1 Corinthians 12.
*Note: this is not for salvation. Salvation is purely accomplished through faith alone in the gospel.
Playtime is in the next life, but as for right now on this earth, we have three missions:
- Save the lost.
- Help the needy.
- Edify the body of Christ (the church).
As a believer, you’ve been given spiritual gifts and an administration/ministry to exercise those gifts:
Spiritual gifts:
- Wisdom
- Knowledge
- Faith
- Healings
- Miracles
- Prophecy
- Discerning of spirits
- Speaking in tongues
- Interpreting of tongues
Administrations/ministries:
- Apostleship
- Prophesy
- Teaching
- Perform miracles
- Healing others
- Helping others
- Praying in tongues
Each of us is given a different one (or multiple of) these gifts/ministries, and we’re to use them while on this earth to:
- Save the lost.
- Help the needy.
- Edify the body of Christ (the church).
Not everyone is meant to be doing the same thing. For example: not everyone is meant for street preaching or starting a church.
It can take years to know what your gifts are, and also can take years of growing in the knowledge and wisdom of God before being able to properly exercise your gifts. Often times the institutional church will push new believers into “getting to work” and rushing out to make new converts, when those new converts have no clue what they’re doing or saying yet, and can actually cause a lot of damage to the cause of Christ with false teachings, not being able to answer further questions beyond the gospel and the like. It’s like telling a newborn baby to go out and get a job to help pay the bills. Remember, when Jesus told the disciples to go out into the world and preach the gospel, remember that they spent 3.5 years learning directly from Jesus Himself.
Just remember, playtime is in the next life. Right now while on this earth, we have a mission, and that’s to save the lost, help the needy and edify the body of Christ. See how you can help those causes with what you’ve been given. An example from my own personal experiences: I’m not really personable or social, so my ministry isn’t to go up to random people in public and preaching the gospel. But I have been given web development skills, as well as many years to build up knowledge and wisdom in the things of God, so I can make websites and teach the knowledge and wisdom I’ve been given through that. Also, I have very little income that I’ve been given from Father God, but I try to give whatever I can that’s left over (not all of it of course) when I do come into a little money to help the needy. I also encourage the body of Christ and promote the gospel via YouTube comments. Just little things here and there as opportunity arises – not forced.
You don’t have to be taking on the whole world. Just planting one gospel seed in someone, or giving $5 so someone to help get a meal for them is a win for the kingdom of God.
And again – as opportunity arises. You don’t have to be going 100% all the time. You’ll go through droughts, and then there will be other times when you’re busy.
As Jesus says in Matthew 11:30 — “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”