Real Growth Comes From Building On Talents, Gifts and Strengths.
One of the most neglected areas in many people’s lives is in the area of gifts that God has placed within them. It is a amazing how some people can devote ther entire lives to a field of endeavor or a profession that has nothing to do with their inborn talents.
In fact, the opposite is also true, many people spend their whole lifetime trying to change who God has made them to be. They ignore their God-given talents while continually seeking to change their natural makeup. As children of God, we need to recognize our innate gifts, talents and strengths and do everything in our power to build on them.
One good thing about God’s gifts and calling is that that they are permanent and enduring. Ro
mans 11:29 tells us:…the gifts and calling of God are without re-pentance. The Greek word translated repentance in this verse means “irrevocable.” God cannot take away Hid gifts and calling in your life. Even if you’ve never done anything with them, even if you’ve failed time and time again, God’s gifts and calling are still resident in you.
They are there this day and you choose to do something with them, beginning right now.
Gifts and talents are really God’s deposits in our personal accounts, but we determine to interest on them. The greater the amount of interest and attention we give to them, the greater their value becomes. God’s gifts are never loans; they are always deposits.
As such, they are never used up or depleted. In fact, the more they are used, the greater, stronger and more valuable they become. When they are put to good use, they provide information, insight and revelation which cannot be received any other way or from any other source.
As Christians, we need to make full use of all the gifts and talents which God has bestowed upon us so that we do not abound in one area while becoming bankrupt in another. Someone has said, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to treat everything like a nail.”
Don’t make that mistake; use all of the gifts God has given you. If you choose not to step out and make maximum use of the gifts and talents in your life, you will spend your days on this earth helping someone else reach his goals. Most people let others control their destiny. Don’t allow anyone to take over the driver’s seat in your life. Fulfill your own dreams and determine your own life’s course.
Never underestimate the power of the gifts that are within you. Gifts and talents are given us to use not only so we can fulfill to the fullest the call in our own lives, but also we can the souls who are attached to those gifts.
There are people whose lives are waiting to be affected by what God has placed within you. So evaluate yourself. Define and refine gifts, talents and strengths. Choose today to look for opportunities to exercise your unique God-endowed, God-ordained gifts and callings.
Click Here For More Information!
Related posts:
