Love Gives Gifts

But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. - 1 Cor 12:31

The word 'excellent' means 'beyond measure, exceedingly, superior, surpassing." In other words, there is a way to manifest the gifts of the Spirit that is WAY MORE SUPERIOR.

And Paul spent the whole chapter on Love.

People have been wondering and trying to learn how they could move more effectively in the gifts of the Spirit. The simple and most effective way is Love.

Love is where all the gifts flow. "You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving."

For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE... (John 3:16). 

God is both Love (1 John 4:8) and the Giver (James 1:17). Since we are created in His image, we can move in the same way as He does. How?

He dwells IN us. In other words, both Love & the Giver 'are' IN us. When we love on others, gifts flow. Because Love always desires to give. The Giver in us can't wait to give. When we love, we are not only manifesting Him, but also allowing Him to give the gifts to people through us.

Stop trying to think about the mechanics of how gifts work. Start loving and see how the gifts flow naturally through you.