God loves us so much that he blessed us with unique gifts and talents.
What is a gift, and how do you know that you have a gift? A gift is a skill or talent that we can do well with little effort or training.
A woman in Stone Mountain, GA, provides us with an example of someone who used her God-given gift. Her story serves as a testament of what God can do for you if you allow him.
She applied for a job at a prestigious hospital in Atlanta. When she went in for the assessment, someone accidentally gave her the wrong exam. However, she achieved a high score. She impressed the employer so much that she was offered a position on the esteemed heart specialist team – as a nurse -- not a nursing assistant.
When she asked God why, he told her that he blessed her with such a prestigious job so that she could win souls for him.
He told the woman that he chose her so when heart patients were about to receive their surgery and they were frightened with worry about their fate, she could whisper in their ear, “Trust God for your healing.”
As a result of her obedience, many patients not only survived, but later found Christ. What she has is a gift because she has a knack for helping the sick that belies her formal education and training.
Whether it’s medicine, music, writing, or helping others, we were all born with a gift.
“We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully,” Romans 12:6-8.
Although many of us know we have a gift, we have decided to bury our treasure. Sadly, whenever someone encourages us to pursue our gift, we dismiss this advice.
Do you know that when we do this we are making a mockery out of God? When you refuse to use your gift, you are stepping out of alignment with the path that God has chosen for you.
God gave you that gift, and you will be judged on how well you used that gift. If you would only have faith, you would be able to fulfill your true purpose.
Some of us have allowed fear, past failures and experiences, age, race, educational background, geographical locations, money, or physical limitations to keep us from our destiny, but we must persist. God did not give us the spirit of fear, doubt or worry.
Maybe God chose you to find a cure for Cancer or AIDS or develop a way to ensure a safe return for our astronauts every time they journey in and out of space.
God does not expect you to allow your gift to lay dormant. He expects you to cultivate your gift, and he will prosper you for your obedience.
“A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great,” Proverbs 18:16.
Do not bury your gift in the dirt like the servant in the parable of the talents, and risk being called wicked and lazy by God. Do not let the devil fool you into robbing God’s kingdom of the talent that he placed in the temple that lay within you.
God gave you a gift. Why aren’t you using it?
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