Romans 12:3-8

3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body,and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,[b] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

- Romans 12: 3-8

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Each of us has certain things that we are good at and proud of. Sometimes we even think that we are better than someone else because we can do something that others don’t. If that’s the case, the very first verse of today’s passage already hits. “Don’t think of yourself more highly than you ought.” I think it’s a very humbling calling that each of us have. God calls us to be humble in everything that we do. But this does not mean that we should disregard our capabilities and think that we are not good enough. That is not true at all. But rather, instead of putting our focus on ourselves and what we can do, we should put our faith in God and use our  gifts to bring glory to God who gave us our gifts. 

Each of us have different gifts that God gave us. But it does not mean that one is better than another. We should embrace what gave gave us and calls us to do and use it willingly with an open heart as God intended it to be. All of our gifts are good and works together as part of one body and when we center Christ in all that we do and joyfully follows him, we are able to glorify Him.