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Posted by: angelofthelord
(2 Timothy 1:6)
Our gifts and talents are from God. One of the great things about God is
how HE has given gifts and talents to His children. Each one of us is
unique. To one He may give the gift of music, yet to another the gift of
helps. To one He may give the gift of science, yet to another the gift of
athleticism. To one He may give the gift of compassion, yet to another the
gift of evangelism. ALL good and perfect gifts come from God! YOUR special
gifts and talents come from God.
The purpose of your gifts, of your talents, is to better serve and glorify
God with your life. God does not give us gifts and talents to hide them, to
hoard them, but to USE THEM for HIS GLORY! Sadly, many of those God has
gifted have sold their gifts to "the world" for fame and fortune. This is a
trap that many of God's most gifted people fall into. In the end, they
sadly realize that they sold their soul to the devil himself for a little
adulation and a few dollars which have little meaning in the big picture of
life.
We all have choices in this life. We all come to a crossroad at times when
we can choose the Lord or this world. I almost cry when I see today's most
popular entertainers thanking God for an award they won singing about things
100% opposed to God, wearing clothes that they would be embarrassed to meet
God in! They are torn. Many were in church as kids, know in their heart
that they are "selling out," and trying to fit God into "their world" as
opposed to surrendering themselves to fit into "HIS world!" They have SOLD
their gift on the open market and try to appease God with their "praise God"
when their lives (which is what HE is interested in) are anything BUT a
praise to God!
One of the hottest shows on TV is still American Idol on FOX. It is a
nationwide search for a new pop superstar. I watched it several times and
the Lord told me, "there are many young men and women, many older men and
women, who have NOT bowed their knee to Baal, NOT sold out to fame and
fortune, who use their gift in the church for HIS GLORY...not their own
glory." Some of the most gifted musical artists are not known to anyone but
their own church.
I pray today that YOU allow the
gifts and talents that God has given to you to be used each day for HIS
glory. EVERY child of God has some gift. It may take counsel from those
you are closest with to help you to identify your gift. Listen, there
is NOTHING WRONG with earning a living using the gifts God has given to you.
Please, don't get me wrong. It is our gifts that allow most of us to earn
the money that we need in this life. What I am talking of is not simply
using your gifts to make money, but to never forget that God gave it to you
to touch the lives of people for HIM!
If a person has been given the gift of music, there is nothing wrong with
using that gift to generate income to live on. To NOT use that gift to glorify
God is when a person has sold out to the world. Singing of sex and romance to
make money and not the greatness of God is an absolute SELL OUT! If you have the
talent to make $1 million singing for "the world," then you have the talent
to make $100,000 singing for God. The choice becomes singing to the world
for $1,000,000 or singing for God for $100,000. To use your gift for God...or money.
God loves you so much. Even though you may never be famous by the world's
standards, the ONLY one that it is important to impress is HIM. HE is
impressed when you take the gifts and talents that He has given to you and
use them to bring honor and glory to HIS name. I pray today that you not
only identify your gifts and talents, but use them to honor and glorify God.
In the end, HE is the ONLY ONE that you must please!