Do we all have different faith?

Scripture: Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Observation: Romans 12:3 says that we are all dealt a measure of faith. Are we all dealt the same measure of faith, or a different measure of faith? It seems "fair" that we should all have the same measure of faith. Like a parent giving out allowance to their children, we should all get the same thing right? Why did he get more than I did? Verses 4-8 answer our question, they say that we all serve different purposes, and that we all have different gifting and abilities. But God gives us what we need, according to our his purposes and our benefit. He gives us what we need, not necessarily what we want. For example, if a father had two adult children. One was a lawyer and the other an artist. The father was his end of life and wanted to give his children some of his possessions. He had a law library and a set of classic paint brushes. Would it be right to divide up the law library and paint brushes evenly between his two children? Our would it be better to give the law library to the lawyer and the paint brushes to the artist?

Application: Our gifting are not better or worse than someone elses gifting, but they are different. Rather than falling into the sin of envy, we should embrace and nurture our God given abilities and use them for the benefit of the God who loves us and created us unique.

Prayer: Father, thank you for the way you made me. I know that I am perfect because of you. Give me joy in using your gifts for your purposes. Help me not to envy others. Amen