Henry Blackaby and Mel Blackaby. What’s So Spiritual About Your Gifts? Multnomah Books, 2004.
Referenced in: Spiritual Gifts
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
The Blackabys offer a perspective on spiritual gifts that traces back to the Old Testament. They contend that the focus should not be on gifts but on unique assignments from God that are spiritually discerned. Once this calling is understood and accepted, God supernaturally empowers the person to complete it. This is an interesting perspective, though one may question if it represents God’s ordinary way of working for each person, or his extraordinary way with select individuals. But the emphasis on Christ-centeredness and the power of the Holy Spirit is refreshing.
From the Publisher
The Old Testament is our “kindergarten” for understanding the pattern of the Holy Spirit’s gifting and work. That pattern is this: God gives an assignment to a person; then the Holy Spirit is given to equip him or her for the assignment. The proof of the Spirit’s presence is that the person is able to complete the assignment effectively through the supernatural enabling of the Holy Spirit. Truly understood and embraced, the Holy Spirit’s gifts allow the church to be Christ-centered, to maintain unity and oneness of heart, and to practice genuine, powerful love. Surprises are in store when we explore biblically what spiritual gifts really are, how they fit with our natural strengths and talents, and how they match our calling and assignments from God. This book will help restore the Holy Spirit to the center of your understanding and practice of spiritual gifts, and set you free to serve God as never before.
About the Author
Henry Blackaby, author of Experiencing God, has been an influential prophetic voice to the church for decades, providing consultative leadership on prayer for revival and spiritual awakening on a global level.
Through the Office of Revival and Spiritual Awakening of the Southern Baptist Convention, he has provided leadership to thousands of pastors and lay people across North America. He and his wife, Marilynn, live in Atlanta. They have five married children, all serving in Christian ministry.
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