God grants each of us our own unique talents to be used according to His purpose and needs. Thus, naturally, since He knows all (past, present and future), He endows us with the individual gifts He needs us to possess to fulfill His purpose and His needs in, and through, our lives.
Honestly, have you ever shook your head, while questioning if God really slipped up a little when choosing what talents were best for you? I have.
Ask me what gifts, in my teen years, that I always desired to possess and how I was convinced they would lend themselves to the utmost service to God. The answer wouldn’t have been the talents which God wisely gave me, but those I wildly wished to have. My two coveted choices would have been a beautiful singing voice and the ability to draw. In reality, let me just say, I can’t even carry a tune in a bucket nor draw a straight line with a ruler. Did God make a mistake? No. The one in error was me. Singing and drawing were my fantasies. God knew neither would, in truth, best serve Him.
One additional certitude I share. No one, not any of us, is without God chosen and given talents. Even in our lowest moments of doubt, insecurity and perceived failures, our God given talents remain, and testify to, our worth in God’s eyes and His entrusting a mission of value to our lives. The challenge is to trust not only God, but also ourselves, in recognizing what God has called us to do, and that the gift to do so rests within us.
I thank God for His choices in gifting my life. What about you? Have you, gratefully, embraced the talents God bestowed on you for His purpose and needs? If not, the time has come to do so.
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 