Gifts vs. Abilities

All persons are born with natural inclinations toward certain abilities. Some are skilled with music, others sports. When you are born again from the Spirit of God, you are given Spiritual Gifts intended for use to build up the Body of our Lord. It may be that previously you could never teach, but now in the Church you teach effectively. It may be that you were never generous, but now are exceedingly generous and so forth. These are not by accident or coincidental, but they are of the Spirit of the Lord. They are intended to glorify God and His work on earth.