Stay in Your Lane part 4

 Stay in Your Lane 4 


            1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.


Wouldn’t it be great if we could  type a dial-in into a computer on the car and it would run exactly that number?  If we were going faster it would slow down, if we were going slower it would speed up. Just let the car drive itself. Of course that would be the end of bracket racing, and we might as well just hold practice tree events.  But the fantasy remains. 


As I stated in the last devotional, we are the car and God is the Crew Chief.  He puts into us the exact gifts needed to accomplish His purposes for us.  Someone might then ask, “are we left then to figure out what that purpose is, and how to use the gifts?”  The answer is a resounding NO!  To extend our analogy, we are the car, God is the Crew Chief, and the Holy Spirit drives the car.  


Not to get too deep here, but when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, God’s Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us.  This isn’t some brain control, sci-fi movie kind of indwelling.  It is simply God’s Holy Spirit taking His place within us to guide (drive) us as we yield to Him. He will operate the gifts when, where, and how they are needed to accomplish God’s daily purpose for your life.  We just yield to His guidance.


For example, something inside us says to speak a kind word to someone.  That’s the Holy Spirit operating within you.  Something urges you to pray for or visit someone, that is the Holy Spirit calling on a gift placed within you.  Simply yield and obey those promptings.  There are countless gifts and opportunities to use them. 


As time goes on, you become more and more familiar with the very real Person of the Holy Spirit.  You recognize His voice and the “drive” becomes much easier and winning passes are made in our Christian race. 


Frustration comes when we don’t yield.  Imagine a race car that won’t launch when you release the button, stalls when we hit the accelerator, etc.  No victory!  Let's find our lane as we yield to our Holy Spirit Driver.  More to come in our next series “Run Your Race”


Find Your Lane and Race On


Dean 




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