Gifts...when you hear that word what is the first thing that comes to mind? Christmas? A birthday? Graduation? What if I was to tell you that the majority of Americans today classify themselves by the material things they have acquired from this world. True? When we ask ourselves what gifts (not material things) have we been given we conclude a lot of times that we have none. Sad isn’t it? We think if we have things like stature, intelligence, an excellent GPA, money, lucrative positions or beautiful external appearances that we have been given a “gift”.
Would it surprise you to know that you have a gift hiding right inside of you, yes as you read this blog there is a gift waiting. You might go an entire lifetime and not even realize that you have a gift. God has given each of us one or more gifts and placed it in you to complete the work he has assigned to you. God knows the fullness of the gifts, and how these intended gifts are to be expressed in a particular time and place to fulfill his greater will, plan, and purpose. He knows exactly what he has designated for you to be and do in a precise number of years and in specific locations, working with and through certain people for the accomplishment of particular tasks and purposes.
Just think you may have been given the gift of listening, asking questions, hearing, being agreeable, looking to God for all your guidance, discipleship, caring for others, loving others before yourself or even a prayer warrior. These are all inspiring gifts that help others as they go through this thing we call ”life” and ironically they have nothing to do with material things or outside appearances. Our job is to discover what that gift is and bring it to the surface, develop it and use it as God would want.
Today might just be the day you need to kneel and PRAY asking God to bring the gift he has given you to the surface. When you submit to him, you might just hear a small voice telling you the answer or the feeling of guidance in a certain direction. Sometimes God needs you to go to a mirror and reflect on what you are seeing…not the EXTERNAL but the INTERNAL. Stay planted and be ready as the answer may not be what you were expecting. God can be comical sometimes!
Let me close with this, the gift hidden in you right now is ready to bubble to the surface so desperately….it might be time to allow the eruption to happen and have that gift pour right out and show its Face! Think of the POTENTIAL generations of people you could affect…now that is a gift that keeps on giving….
The choice is yours.
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