God Loves Diversity

God loves diversity . . . just look at His creation. Look at an autumn mountainside awash with countless colors. Look at the contrasting community of creatures that reside on a coral reef. Look at the various views that are constantly projected across the sky with its shape-shifting clouds. Look at the church comprised of people of all ages, all races, all cultures, all backgrounds, and all personalities.

But these differences pale in comparison to the diversity that we witness when it comes to the Holy Spirit. He can relate with, connect to, and work in anyone. Nobody is beyond His ability. He can do anything with anyone. He can take a drug addict and turn him or her into a worship leader. He can transform a lifelong introvert into an outspoken evangelist. He can break the hardest heart and soften it into one that constantly weeps and intercedes for the lost.

He can make a fool wise, a miser generous, and a know-it-all humble. He imparts a variety of spiritual gifts and accomplishes incalculable miracles. He can do it all, and more, because He possesses a divine diversity that is beyond comparison and comprehension.

It's important that we understand this because we're often guilty of limiting the power of God's Spirit. Perhaps we feel that He could never reach a certain type of person or that we're outside of His jurisdiction. These thoughts are inaccurate and damaging to our spiritual walk. The Creator is greater than His creation in every respect, especially when it comes to diversity.