Growth The World Needs Your Special Talents?

[IncredibleTransformation]

My husband was adopted. So many people that are adopted have real abandonment issues. They believe that no one wanted them, that they were an accident. They live with this belief all of their lives. It often stunts them and keeps them from doing the things that God has for them.

But is this true? Are your and accident with no purpose for living? I don’t think you are an accident. God planned you before the foundation of the Earth. The Bible says, “He chose us before the foundation of the world.” (Eph. 1:4) So you were no accident and you do have a purpose for living.

God never does anything by accident. There could be illegitimate parents, unwanted children, children who were accidents according to their parents, but there are never any accidents in God’s eyes. He made you when he made you for a special purpose. What that purpose is, so few people know because they are never taught that they have a special reason for existing. I never heard about it until I was confronted with my personal calling sent by the Lord.

My calling is to help others understand their calling. It’s a gift. It’s my gift to the world. It’s what He has been training me to do for years. It’s strange how perfect strangers will come up to me on the street and just start talking to me about their gifts.

What’s your special gift from God? Everyone has a gift. We have unique personalities and qualities that only God gave us. Your race, your nationality, your looks are not accident God left nothing to chance and included every detail. We have special DNA given to us by God to do His will. We possess exactly the right genetic makeup to do what he has in mind for us.

The problem is that the world distracts many people. We are taught to just fit in and do what everyone else does. Go to school, get a good education, so you can get a good job. Churches major in on jobs as the best way to survive in this world. We are not taught that we are special with unique gifts and that we were put here to serve the Lord and others. The world needs your special talents because we live in a hurting world. If you don’t exercise your gifts even more people will hurt.

 

[Edward]

I agree with everything you said, Sister. My problem with it is, I don't know what my gift is. The Lord even told me what to do, but I dont know how...quite the conundrum.

 

[IncredibleTransformation]

Yes that can be difficult.

 

[JohnDB]

And as I edge on swiftly towards what they refer to as ultra and golden years...

I am curious as to what the future holds.

The future is the undiscovered country.

 

[for_his_glory]

I agree with everything you said, Sister. My problem with it is, I don't know what my gift is. The Lord even told me what to do, but I dont know how...quite the conundrum.

Usually the gifts we have are that of our talent or what we are good at as we use that for the glory of the Lord. If the Lord told you what to do then that is probably to go forth with that which you are good at even if it is just having conversations with others or serving others in some kind of capacity as only you know what it is that you are good at doing. Hope this helps you Edward.

 

[Not_Now.Soon]

I have never really grasped an answer to why I'm here in the kind of way that says I have a gift, a purpose or a talent. Yet over the years because of God's goodness I've fallen into fields of work that even I could do, and then even grown in them a small but encouraging amount. Which supports my faith that God is good and will take care of our needs. But still I wonder if my place in the world is one with no gift and no talent, just to live and be apart of the world and try to be loving and good as we're all called to do. Not a purpose for Christianity either to serve in the church, or to teach and reach out to help no believers see the truth, or to correct Christians with right and wise knowledge; nor to fill a job that I see a higher purpose in that helps.

Is that a purpose? A special calling? Or is it a general calling? Something that we should all be striving for no matter where we are.

 

[JohnDB]

Tomorrow morning I will be the one to deliver a devotional for the American and Slovakia team members.

We shall see what happens.

I may be relegated to electric work and told to stay away from children yet...

But we live in hope.
The well of hope springs eternal.

 

[Edward]

Tomorrow morning I will be the one to deliver a devotional for the American and Slovakia team members.

We shall see what happens.

I may be relegated to electric work and told to stay away from children yet...

But we live in hope.
The well of hope springs eternal.

That's where I am. Does the Lord have need of A/C work to be done? Doubtful...

But I can talk...

Usually the gifts we have are that of our talent or what we are good at as we use that for the glory of the Lord. If the Lord told you what to do then that is probably to go forth with that which you are good at even if it is just having conversations with others or serving others in some kind of capacity as only you know what it is that you are good at doing. Hope this helps you Edward.

That seems to be what it is then, Sister. But again, I don't have the wherewithal to do even that it would seem. I can't make videos or post them. I can't make a blog on a phone...

The Lords going to have to open a door for me because...I can not do this without Him.

 

[for_his_glory]

That's where I am. Does the Lord have need of A/C work to be done? Doubtful...

But I can talk...



That seems to be what it is then, Sister. But again, I don't have the wherewithal to do even that it would seem. I can't make videos or post them. I can't make a blog on a phone...

The Lords going to have to open a door for me because...I can not do this without Him.

I know nothing about making a blog on a phone, but why can't you make videos and make a blog as I would think you could do this in these forums.

 

[for_his_glory]

I have never really grasped an answer to why I'm here in the kind of way that says I have a gift, a purpose or a talent. Yet over the years because of God's goodness I've fallen into fields of work that even I could do, and then even grown in them a small but encouraging amount. Which supports my faith that God is good and will take care of our needs. But still I wonder if my place in the world is one with no gift and no talent, just to live and be apart of the world and try to be loving and good as we're all called to do. Not a purpose for Christianity either to serve in the church, or to teach and reach out to help no believers see the truth, or to correct Christians with right and wise knowledge; nor to fill a job that I see a higher purpose in that helps.

Is that a purpose? A special calling? Or is it a general calling? Something that we should all be striving for no matter where we are.

All callings of God are special as there are none that are greater than another as all purpose is done under heaven and brings glory to God as even that of Matthew 25:34-40 as we are all called to be a faithful servant. Remember the greatest commandment is to love and we can do that in so many ways as that is our gift to others.

 

[JohnDB]

Well they were shocked...
Their jaws dropped open.

They had no response. It was a brand new story to them. Pastor Slavo wondered where I had learned such things. (Pastor of the church that supports the school). He was delighted with it. He only said so because I asked...still in shock and deep in thought.
I explained the story of school and education in the Ancient Near East and then backed it up with John 15:16. (Well from 15:14-17)

When East meets West.

I'm planning on trying to return next year and see what happened with the result of today's devotion.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I got saved largely because of some old school Pentecostals. Good people. What they taught me is...every person is a small part of The Body. A 165 IQ, PhD would probably serve as the brain/mind of a group. A particularly compassionate, warm individual with the time, money, and inclination could serve as the heart of the group...on and on it goes...

...so, where do --I-- fit in? What's my function? I enjoyed the initial post, but I have to respectfully disagree ((I don't wanna turn this into an angry debate, btw; just expressing my opinion, that's all))...

...I don't think the world --needs-- my talents, my gifts, or...me. Neither does God. Psalm 50:9-13 .

God saves us because He loves us. Because we are not worthy, we have nothing to offer Him except sins, problems, failures...and, eventually, love, appreciation, awe, and gratitude. This is the creator's love for the creature, and I don't even pretend to understand how it works or why it plays out the way it does in peoples' lives, with miracles for some (many?) and trials and tribulations and...on and on it goes...

I do think God saves us so we can be used of God to facilitate His work in this world. For example: I was a hopelessly burned out, utterly destroyed, mental patient extraordinaire when I finally got saved, all of 3.5 years ago. I had "too much shock" and "too much 'treatment' " written all over me. And now...

...well, I'm smart enough to pursue my goals, normal enough to live with my (loving, kind, long suffering) people while I (by God's grace) continue on in the "recovery" process. I'm now surprisingly (miraculously?) healthy and normal...healthy to the point that I look a bit younger than my age, and normal to the point that I can write better and now and then charm and delight in converstation...

...why?!?! Well, my best guess is that, just like any other (obviously) wretched individual whom God blesses with forgiveness and whatever it takes to cry out to Him...I've been saved so He can show His character--who He really is, or at least a small part of Himself--to a dark and dying world. It is no longer I who lives, it is Christ who lives in me...

...and that's something I think upon and pray about on a regular basis lately. God's work in the lives of His people and His world--HIStory, if you will-- is something I've been pondering lately. If my life is no longer actually my own, because I have been bought at a price, then it stands to reason that the miracle of my salvation, anyone's salvation, is a message from God for anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear.

As for my own function in The Body...that remains to be seen, lol. Seek ye first The Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. In my case, its sort of like The Rolling Stones sang back in the day...you can't always get what you want...but you just might find...you get what you need...

I wanted to be The Ultimate Christian, a sort of Protestant Dorothy Day or something (did I mention the electroshocked la la land?). At this point, I've been blessed with everything I need for life and for godliness (plus extra, in my opinion). What I wanted was to be a super special, miraculous, wise super Christian, like a Born Again guru or something. What I apparently needed is/was...humbling experiences, reality checks, and some raw material to work with to do something productive (hopefully...one day...). I'm beginning to think that God's work in my life is to take a hopeless case, someone who was never considered "good enough" for anybody, especially the "experts" doing the diagnosis and treatment...and make me remarkably, unbelievably, undeniably...sane, lucid, increasingly mature, now and then insightful, deeply flawed, and...human.

I read some CS Lewis once in which he wrote that human beings aren't truly, Really Human until and unless they/we are in right relationship with God. Basically, only genuine Christians experience the fullness of genuine humanity. Non-Christian people are like...wild dogs, I believe was his comparison...wretched, dirty, nasty, miserable...not Real Dogs in the fullest sense of Doggy-ness.

So, I think a big part of my journey, thus so far, has been to simply become truly, genuinely, fully...human. A 3D (Real) Human Being, at long last. Of course, I'm only 3.5 years into my walk with The Lord. Still, I think maybe my part of The Body is to be...well, the softer, gentler, more merciful, quieter and more reflective part of The Heart ((maybe)). One of The Least of These...an "uppity mental patient," no less...who gets to become just as much a Real Human Being as any other Christian. My contribution to The Body seems to be, at this point...encouraging, sometimes insisting upon, compassion and mercy ((for obvious reasons...)).

 

[reba]

Something i have noticed over the years... if God wants ya to do a certain something.. Like JohnDB He will supply the way to get the job done... to easy to get our ideas in front of God's ... We make OUR plans ...

 

[JohnDB]

Something i have noticed over the years... if God wants ya to do a certain something.. Like JohnDB He will supply the way to get the job done... to easy to get our ideas in front of God's ... We make OUR plans ...

It always surprises me when God uses me.
I do live in hope of God using me and really try to be available and ready to give an answer for why I believe. God blesses the efforts at times and at other times He doesn't seem to.

I have the ways I would prefer to be used (as in some kind of advisory capacity....but God doesn't seem to want my advice )

It's never where or when you expect. But it's like magic when it happens.

 

[Marianne333]

My husband was adopted. So many people that are adopted have real abandonment issues. They believe that no one wanted them, that they were an accident. They live with this belief all of their lives. It often stunts them and keeps them from doing the things that God has for them.

But is this true? Are your and accident with no purpose for living? I don’t think you are an accident. God planned you before the foundation of the Earth. The Bible says, “He chose us before the foundation of the world.” (Eph. 1:4) So you were no accident and you do have a purpose for living.

God never does anything by accident. There could be illegitimate parents, unwanted children, children who were accidents according to their parents, but there are never any accidents in God’s eyes. He made you when he made you for a special purpose. What that purpose is, so few people know because they are never taught that they have a special reason for existing. I never heard about it until I was confronted with my personal calling sent by the Lord.

My calling is to help others understand their calling. It’s a gift. It’s my gift to the world. It’s what He has been training me to do for years. It’s strange how perfect strangers will come up to me on the street and just start talking to me about their gifts.

What’s your special gift from God? Everyone has a gift. We have unique personalities and qualities that only God gave us. Your race, your nationality, your looks are not accident God left nothing to chance and included every detail. We have special DNA given to us by God to do His will. We possess exactly the right genetic makeup to do what he has in mind for us.

The problem is that the world distracts many people. We are taught to just fit in and do what everyone else does. Go to school, get a good education, so you can get a good job. Churches major in on jobs as the best way to survive in this world. We are not taught that we are special with unique gifts and that we were put here to serve the Lord and others. The world needs your special talents because we live in a hurting world. If you don’t exercise your gifts even more people will hurt.

Thank you for this post. This is something I needed to hear especially today.