A brother and partner went a great length to buy me an iPad Pro which revolutionized
my work. A couple of years later, he bought me an Apple Pencil to compliment the iPad
Pro. Weeks passed and he never saw me pair the pencil with the iPad. So after service
one Sunday, he asked why I was not using it. Since he gave it to me, I had used it only
once till then. I complained that I was yet to master it. “You taught us to read Owner’s
Manual” he said; and then returned my counsel to me.

“Using your spiritual gift brings glory and honour to God.”

I see a number of parallels with this regarding spiritual gifts. Firstly, when he asked
about the pencil he was not about taking it back. The scripture makes us to understand
that the gift and callings of God are without repentance. Use or leave it to rust, God is
not about withdrawing it. However, if you don’t use what He has given you, He is
bothered. Secondly, note that the benefactor is always on the lookout for when the
beneficiary will showcase what they are given. That is how a benefactor derives joy.
Using your spiritual gift brings glory and honour to God. Finally, your profitability along
with that of the entire Body is in using the gift. “But the manifestation of the Spirit is
given to each one for the profit of all:” (I Corinthians‬