Different parts and different hearts

Why do we all have different passions? So everything that’s supposed to get done will get done, John Fischer says. I quote:


Sometimes we feel guilt because we don’t have the same passion as the last person who talked about missions, or abortion, or the homeless, or marriage, or singleness, or men’s ministry, or AIDS prevention, or prisons, or evangelism, or the military.



What we forget is that there are so many needs because there are so many of us to meet them. We are a body made up of different parts and different hearts; we don’t have to all be moved by the same issues and needs.



This is where the concept and the practical nature of spiritual gifts come in. There are a variety of gifts and there are a variety of ministries, but the same Lord working in all and through all. No one has to do everything; no one can.



It is up to us to find out where we fit and what God put us here to do. Soon you will be just as passionate about something because it’s your thing. This is the way it’s supposed to be. We only get frustrated when we forget this and try and take on everything or get so overwhelmed that we take on nothing at all.



All of this should just make us marvel at the wisdom of God even more. He’s designed us all with different abilities and different interests so that we are not only good at what we do, we do not have to be frustrated or depressed over what we aren’t good at.



I really liked this, because there are some things I WISH I wanted to do, but I just plain DON'T, and no matter how hard I try, I can't muster up the desire! I don't want to work at the Pregnancy Help Center, I don't want to go to Africa, I don't want to visit all the people at Heritage, and I don't want to work in a classroom of AWANA kids. I'm very glad others DO, and I'll support them in ways I CAN, but I don't feel drawn to those things, and in fact, just the thought of doing them makes me feel a little depressed!

But there are other things I love to do! I love praying for and encouraging my spiritual leaders, mentoring my young women friends, sending out cards to absentee choir members and AWANA kids, supporting the Creative Arts ministry however I can, and babysitting to free up Mark and Lisa as THEY minister.

So maybe it's just false guilt that creeps up on me. I told someone recently that the NEED isn't the same as the CALLING, and I really believe that. I wonder why it's so hard for me to walk in what I know is true?