I am supposed to have gifts and talents?

“We bring God glory by serving others with our gifts” -Purpose Driven Life.

The Lord did not bless me with the gift of music-can’t carry a tune in a bucket as they say. The Lord did not bless me with the gift of art-can’t draw a stick person really.  I am scriptually inept and lacking greatly in Biblical knowledge-The Lord did not bless me here either.  The obvious gifts are out so where does that leave me?  If the Lord created me with a plan already in mind and the sum of my experiences on earth are getting me ready for that plan then quite frankly at some point I might have missed the boat…

We experienced a traumatic event in our family some years ago that really rocked us all to the core and tested my faith greatly (i’ll save that story for another blog).  It really made me take a look at my life and relationships with family/friends.  I questioned my faith and I questioned what having faith really meant.  I started a journey to discover what my gifts and talents were and realized that my search may not ever end with a concrete answer.  I did all the on-line fill in the blanks, I read books, I questioned all my friends asking them “What do you think my gifts and talents are?”  Of course I was just beating my head against the wall and not really getting any closer to the answer I was looking for.  As I said this was some years ago, I gave up the ghost and accepted that I was just mediocre plain jane kind of girl and went on living my life.

In the Spring of 2008 my daughter talked me into attending Crosspoint church.  She had been going to Crosspoint pretty consistantly for a year or so, and was really excited about the people and the message.  The Holy Spirit was stirring in my heart and put it on me that I need to go check this out.  I was not attending church and my walk with Christ was at a stand still so what did I have to lose?  I experienced a spiritual awakening like never before.  I felt compelled to get involved and all of a sudden I was on fire for Christ.  I looked forward to Sunday morning and looked forward to going to church, (which had never happened before).  I have been getting involved and getting to know people.  Because of this church I have discovered my gifts and talents.  They are not concrete. The Lord supplies them to me as needed.  I have figured out I do have the gift of discernment and intuition where people are concerned.  The Lord puts it on my heart at strange times to pray for other people (I pray better for others not so much for myself) and The Lord let’s me know when I need to pick up the phone and call someone because they are hurting.  I have been blessed with the gift of service too, The Lord has provided opportunities for me to help others and I love it. 

The Lord continues to reveal to me everyday that I am placed right here right now by His hand to do His work and He alone deserves the Glory for all that I am accomplishing now.  Don’t ever think you are not good enough or talented enough and try to see yourself as God sees you. I discover daily that I have gifts and talents I never knew I had (singing not one of them hahaha).  When God asks me what I did with what He gave me I am now more confident that I am making Him smile…

Praise God

-J

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