Tempus Fugit

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,

as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.-- I Peter 4:10

In the last three days of our journey towards understanding God's purpose in our lives, we have been reminded that we have been pre-determined to serve God. To this end, He has designed circumstances and people within specific interactions to be synchronized with God's masterplan.

In the process, He equips us with specific SHAPES (spiritual gifts, heart or passion, abilities, personalities or temperaments, and experiences to enable us to accomplish what He intended to make use of us in the beginning of time.

All of these are God-given.

With this, I think it's best to reiterate that everyone (believers and non-believers) have been given spiritual gifts but without the Holy Spirit dominant in their lives, these gifts cannot be considered spiritual gifts at all. It follows, then, that the rest of the factors found in believer's SHAPE would not be used to its full extent.

These gifts came from an awesome