But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.  Ephesians 4:7

All believers have been gifted; not just pastoral staff, and elders and deacons—not just teachers and small group leaders, but all believers have been gifted for the purpose of ministry.  John MacArthur said this when commenting on this verse.  He said,

There is no such thing as a believer who is not gifted for ministry in the body of Christ.

So according to this verse, all believers have been gifted for ministry and Paul also says they have been gifted by Christ.  In other places in Scripture, we are told that God’s people are gifted by the Father and by the Holy Spirit.  Giving gifts is one of the major activities of the Godhead.  Therefore, there is nothing remarkable about us—nothing for us to brag about on our own—God has given us these gifts.

Notice Paul also makes the point in v. 7 that we have been uniquely gifted.  He says that grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.  What is meant here is that God has uniquely gifted every believer to serve in a unique and meaningful way in His church.  Paul says that these gifts have been measured out—they have been dispensed by Christ to each one of us.  In Romans 12:4-8, Paul says,

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.  Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Paul’s point here is that though we as believers make up one body—the church; we have many members each with his or her own gifting—each given by God’s Grace for the good of His church.  In other words, Paul says different believers have different gifts to meet different needs in His church.