The Puzzle Principle

If God is sovereign and has called us to accomplish His mission on earth, then we most certainly haven’t been called to do it on our own. We have been surrounded with millions of other Believers to be joined within one Body in order to see God’s Kingdom advanced on earth.

Each of us have unique giftings that have been appropriated in order to see mission take place, but those giftings are not efficient if used on their own. It’s just like how an ER doctor couldn’t accomplish his/her job to the best of his ability without the help of a nurse. And how an ER nurse couldn’t accomplish his/her job to the best of his ability without the help of an ER doctor.

So for those of us who have already discovered our giftings, passions, and talents in ministry; we hopefully have also figured out that our ministry won’t be done effectiently without someone else who has been gifted in such a way that compliments and completes what we have- someone who posseses gifts that we may lack.

I’ll call this the puzzle principle. Ask yourself where your giftings, talents, and passions are, then ask yourself who you need (and what gifts you lack) to see your ministry accomplished more effeciently and completely. Also ask,” How can my gifts compliment and complete someone else’s?” I believe that our giftings will always require the help of someone else’s, and that someone else’s giftings will always require ours- so that we too can serve others.

For me, I have found the most important puzzle piece that fits next to mine: my wife. But I still have some other sides of my “piece” that I desparately need to find fitting ‘pieces’ to comiment my piece of the puzzle and for me to comiments others as well. I’ve been praying that God would send such puzzle pieces for me so that I can bring other people to the table to see my (church’s) mission accomished- and I think I actually may be seeing that happen. When they do come, I hope I recognize it right away and connect. Because a puzzle piece by itself is pretty powerless.