1 Corinthians 12:5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

God does not call us all to do exactly the same thing – that would be pretty boring!

There are a multitude of things in the world God wants us to be able to do, not so He controls the world but so He can reach more people with the gospel through us all.

The church is made up of a whole lot of people doing a whole lot of different things for just one God; our God!

1 Corinthians 12:4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

This comes straight after a verse telling us how the only one who can identify Jesus as being God to us is the Holy Spirit.

This same Holy Spirit gives each of us the abilities to do our work for God so long as we trust in Him.

Just because a shop says they have free gifts for all customers who come into the shop, does not mean everyone gets a gift – they have to come into the shop first!

The same way is with us, when we accept Jesus into our lives, the Holy Spirit begins to explain things to us!

Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

There are many things in our lives we cling on to just because we think they are worth it or may be useful somewhere down the line.

What Jesus was telling us here is that it is not useful if it is not helping us to get to heaven. What use is anything if it is going to keep us out of heaven?

God wants us in heaven no matter what we have in life! Don’t hold on to things preventing you from communing with God!