The Gift of Cakes
3rd August 2015
There is a woman at my home church who is a very gifted baker and last week she made some delicious cakes for a meeting. When I tasted her cakes I felt very blessed and it seemed to me that her cake making was a gift; what I like to think of as the ‘gift of cakes’. This reminded me of the time when I was part of young Christian group in Yorkshire. At the time there were only a limited number of us who were able to drive and it was said of us that we had the ‘gift of wheels’.
Now the idea of saying that some Christians have such things as the ‘gift of cakes’ or the ‘gift of wheels’ might seem like a bit of fun. But there is a serious point. The bible makes it clear that God hands out various gifts to us to use for the benefit of others. Now these gifts can come in many forms but there is one set of gifts which I tend not to see in action very often and they tend not to be encouraged in some fellowships. I’m referring to the so called ‘Gifts of the Holy Spirit’ that Paul tells us about in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11.
These spiritual gifts should play a significant part in the life of all church fellowships but all too often they don’t. It saddens me greatly to see these gifts neglected or ignored. They are great manifestations of the love and power of Jesus towards his beloved church. It is little wonder that the church sometimes becomes powerless and ineffective when it neglects the gifts that Jesus wants to give. I hope that when you read this you will be encouraged to look again at these wonderful gifts and that you will prayerfully seek them for the glory of God.