The Gift
Gift are given willing,often as a symbol of an expression of gratitude, love and nowadays,simply as a “just because “
Our gift and talent have been given to us for a purpose, not for us to boast, and collect trophies, albeit that’s a bonus and reward, I won’t deny …but really a gift becomes alive when it’s given away.
Share the gift “Don’t sit on it “
Gifts are meant to be given away or shared for the mutual benefit of others. As the seed must be sown in the ground and cultivated to bring much fruit so are you, who have been given talents and gifting, so others can receive and be blessed from it”
1st Peter 4:10 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms”
Don’t sit on your talents skills, gifts, rather explore the possibilities of what you have, otherwise,your gift become of no value, it literally profits no one If it’s kept hidden and locked. Imagine someone tells you they have a Christmas gift for you, but its now June and you still haven’t received your gift …but every time they see you they are reminded that they still haven’t given it to you. I know what ill be thinking…hmm not sure about you, i’ll leave you to make your own interpretation. Until the gift is given away to the intended party the gift becomes ineffective.
Uniquely Packaged
Just as gifts come in a variety of shapes, sizes, packages,colour so are we. I believe everyone has some type of gift, talent or ability we all have something unique to offer each other, we are all different and diverse in many ways and that”s what makes the packages interesting, Even more beautiful is when you are the gift that is being unravelled .
Identifying your Gift
“Oh gift, Oh talent where thus thou hide “ we spend so much time,looking at others, searching in the wrong places, without direction, and end up pursuing the wrong things, which can leave us feeling un-fulfilled and often frustrated. In general, people know what their talents and gifting are, and in some cases, its others who can realise a potential or identity your skills, for e.g in the case of football potential “new players” are often “scouted” someone realised some ones skills.
Building with purpose
So now you have identified you have a gift, then what ? just because you have a gift/ talent eg say you can Sing, Design, Write, Act, an athlete of some sort, or play several instruments, etc, whilst we acknowledge the talents, we must also ensure that we exercise the gift, by this i mean, If we need to invest perhaps more of our time, finances , or it could be learning something new to enhance your skills then you need to do so. If it was simply based on talent alone, there will never be the need for rehearsals, practice runs, training sessions etc , we have to understand that our talents and skills need to be developed, challenged and tested.
Remember that what ever you have within you as a gift, talent or skill has been deposited by the divine author of our lives for a specific purpose. If you let it , out and dare to take a step of faith your open your self to and ocean with endless possibilities. On the other hand if you sit on the gift you have been given,you will never experience the level of dimension of your true potential, you cheat yourself but more so you deprive others from the fruit of your talent.
I love the scripture below in 2 Timothy 1-6 , as it reminds us that yes Gods given us the Gift/Talents,but theres a part we have to play we have to activate the gift.
2 Timothy 1-6 “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands”
No gift ,talent,or ability is insignificant, often we think the bigger the packaging or the more costly the gift the more impact it has, this is not necessarily true.
In Matthew 25:14-30 ( please read for context) we read about ” The Parable of the Talent
Please use your God given talents, don’t let it waste away, let us not be like the servant who buried the one talent he was given, he failed to use and develop his talent wisely . Read Matthew verse 25:24-30 it tells us about the fate of the servant, let us not be the ones who bury and sit on the gift and talent that was so freely given to us .
Be encouraged: Use what you have,don’t downgrade your talents, don’t compare yourself to others,if God put it in there , He will help you bring it out, and all will be to the glory of the Lord.
Remember with God all things are possible !!