Gave

I never heard it
           that way before:

Just use what He gave you (Romans 12:6a)
           even if you can’t name
                               or define it.*

How things are named
                      specified
                      defined
                            varies greatly.
Does it change the intention
                          meaning
                          use
                      or implementation?

Have I just been overthinking this
               the whole time?

I still don’t understand what it means exactly
          to use something
               I can’t fully identify.
     But He’s bigger than that,
          which means He can use it
                    somehow
          even if I don’t actually know
                           what to call it.

Rather than trying to
     figure out what it actually is,
               maybe I need to just be willing
                              to let Him work (1 Corinthians 12:4-6)
                                       through me.

 

*Dr. Rick Taylor, The Anatomy of a Disciple: So Many Followers. So Few Disciples. ©2013