When you receive a true call from God, you will always feel inadequate. (If you feel self-
sufficient for a task...be careful. It most likely is not a true call from God!) When God
calls you, you will sense weakness, inadequacy, and need. You will not feel qualified to
do what He has called you to do, and you will be overwhelmed by the challenge.You are in good company! Great men and women of God throughout the centuries have
felt the same way. But those who fulfilled their calling despite their inadequacies
believed God was adequate. God answered Moses in Exodus 3:12, saying .”..certainly I
will be with thee." God is not looking for those who feel self-sufficient. It is not who
you are that is important, but who God is!- Study the lives of other Bible personalities and you will discover this same pattern in
their call from God. For examples, read about the call of Gideon in Judges 6 and the call
of Jeremiah in Jeremiah l. - The following checklist will assist you in completing the practical steps for discovering
your spiritual gift which were given in this chapter:
Step One: _____I have been born again.
Step Two: _____I have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Step Three: _____I can identify the various spiritual gifts.
Step Four: _____I have observed mature models of the gifts.
Step Five: _____I have sought a spiritual gift by fasting and prayer.
Step Six: _____I have had my spiritual leaders lay hands on me and ask God
to reveal my gift(s).
Step Seven: _____I have analyzed my spiritual interests.
Step Eight: _____I have been analyzed by my spiritual leader.
Step Nine: _____I have analyzed my past Christian service.
Step Ten: _____I have completed the spiritual gift questionnaires.
Step Eleven: _____I have identified the spiritual gifts I believe I might have.
Step Twelve: _____I have identified spiritual needs in my home, community, and
church.