Ephesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Unity
It is always interesting to ask people what their vocation is. They tend to answer in one of two ways. They will either give their job title or they will tell you for whom they work. For instance, if a guy works at the White House, he is probably more interested in telling you where he works than he is about telling you what he does. Other people tend to tell you what they do. They will you tell you they are in logistics, computers, human resources, or will give you some other cryptic description that no one understands. All of us tend to define our work by what we do or by whom we serve.
God gives us some guidance on how we should think about our service to Him in Ephesians 4. We learn here that our unity is based primarily upon the Jesus we serve and not upon how He has gifted us to serve Him.
Paul says in verse 1, “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.” When he says “vocation,” he is not talking about the jobs they have but about their position in Christ. We are to live in light of who we are, children and servants of Christ.
What does it mean to live in light of who you are? He says, “With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Our unity is all about the Person we are serving. Paul continues to talk about one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. There are a lot of people in the body of Christ, but they all have one Savior that unifies them.
How you are gifted is important, but that does not give you cause to be arrogant or base your fellowship with others primarily on your gifting. The primary source of our unity should be our service to the Lord Jesus. Our unity is more about the One we serve than it is about the gifts with which we serve.