Personality Types

"The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, ²⁵that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another." -1 Corinthians 1:21-25 (ESV)

Yesterday I took a Myers-Briggs personality test and found that I was an INTJ. I'm one of the rarest personality types (1% of the population). As I began thinking about the different personality types, I realized that God does not use just one type. Introvert and extrovert. Feeling and thinking, etc. We are all useful to God in some way, even if we're not the personality we think we need to be. There are two things to remember, though. One: Our personalities can be a blessing to our community by bringing balance to our group, or two: our personalities could bring conflict to our community if we don't recognzie our appropriate places.