1 Corinthians 12:8-10 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

Allow me to point out what might not be obvious, Spiritual gifts are neither natural nor vocational. You are neither born with them nor are they learned. You cannot be trained in the use of spiritual gifts. You can however exercise your faith to identify how God might manifest Himself in these spiritual gifts. Your faith is the release point of spiritual gifts. Your faith is the first and most important of the spiritual gifts for without it, nothing is possible.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Spiritual gifts are a reward for faithful seeking. You do not control spiritual gifts, they are spiritual in form, power and purpose. Spiritual gifts do not serve you or the body, but rather the will of God.

We do not possess spiritual gifts, you are used of God in the exercise of the Holy Spirit, or not.

It might be noteworthy to see that the only gift that appears in more than one format is the vocational and spiritual gift of prophecy. At one time the office of the prophet was vocational. Look to Samuel and see that he was given by his mother at a tender age to grow up in the school of the prophets. Men dedicated their lives to the office of the prophet. Only a few became Elijah or Elisha or Isaiah or Jeremiah.

Consider this, that prophesy is nothing more than the revealed mind of God. If used as encouraged in 1 Corinthians 14:3, then all should prophesy to the edification and comfort of believers. Not to be an Elijah but to show forth Christ in love and grace.