Use what God gave you!

When God gives us an assignment, he gives us what's needed to fulfil it. And, knowing what we're good at helps us figure out our calling. Winston Churchill said, 'To each there comes in his or her lifetime a special moment when they are tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talent. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.'

We can't always be what we want to be, but we can be everything God wants us to be. That's because he assigns us '...each according to his own ability' (Matthew 25:15 NKJV).

The apostle Paul says, 'Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good' (1 Corinthians 12:7 NIV). Some of the things others find boring will give us a buzz. That's not an excuse to only do what we love - we're all quite able to stack the chairs after the service! But let's stop apologising for the skills we don't have, discover the gifts God's given us and put them to work for his Kingdom.



So what now? What do you love doing and do consistently well? Is it music, or computers or helping with little kids? Write down these things. Dream a little with God about what you could do with these gifts. God gives us these dreams for a reason - make a plan to change the world using them.





— SCRIPTURE —

'Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies.' 1 Peter 4:11 TLB
— SOULFOOD —

1 Chr 3-5, John 8:1-20, Ps 6, Pro 25:1-7