Your faith has some essential elements that apply to all believers, but in the nature of relationship I may ask things of you that are unique to your path. Accept them for yourself, but be careful how you relate them to others. Eating meat offered to idols may not be an issue in your life, but the life principles from this scripture passage as just as applicable today. Be considerate of your fellow believers in the way you practice your faith. Don’t force your own practices on others, or imply that you are superior because of what you do, or cause your brother to stumble by your conduct. There are still things to do in secret for which I will reward you openly. 

Different organizations have different structures according to their nature. Hierarchies have a branching structure of authority that rolls up and converges to a single point. Most denominations are organized this way and have a  headquarters at some location. This is also typical of businesses and governments. But the Christian faith as a whole does not does not have a headquarters. In this regard it is more like a computer network, with nodes and connections but no geographic center. But my body does have a unifying authority, just not one with a street address. 

Do you like to eat? Who doesn’t? I talked with a woman at a well when my disciples had gone to get bread. When they returned I told them that I had bread they knew not of. They didn’t understand this. Do you? What nourishes your soul? Think about this and don’t limit yourself to the stock answers that must be right because they sound spiritual. What makes you eager to get up in the morning and what sort of opportunities do you look forward to, or strive to make for yourself? What makes you feel fully alive? Even if it isn’t a “spiritual” activity, if you encounter me during it in a state of total awareness and involvement, it is spiritual for that reason alone. 

My word mentions the discerning of spirits as a spiritual gift. Do you see this as an awareness of the presence and identity of demons? It doesn’t have to be this stark, but it can be more in other ways. Can you hear what is being left unsaid? Do you realize when people are not living out of the truth of their being? Discernment in a general sense is awareness and understanding. Can you see how useful these are to assist others in finding their way to me on their own path? The gifts I give are available to those who desire them. If it is the longing of your heart to minister in this way then ask me for this ability.