Using Your Gifts For God's Glory

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE. "God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another” (1 Peter 4:10 NLT).

God uses our talents to test our commitment . You have to decide in life for whom or what you’re going to live. You’re either going to live a self centered miserly life or you’re going to live for something greater than yourself(the Kingdom of God). Committed people do not live for themselves. They realize that the talents God gave them are not for their own benefit; they are to make the world a better place.

When God made you, He gave you all kinds of gifts, talents and abilities. We call it your SHAPE: your Spiritual gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality and Experiences. These five things make you who you are. God made you unique. There’s nobody like you in the whole world and He wants you to be you for His glory. God shaped you to serve Him and there’s only one way to do that, by serving other people.

Committed people realize that their talents are not for their benefit. You may have a talent for art and say that you do it “just because you love to do it.” That’s nice, but that’s not a good enough motive. God didn’t give you artistic ability just so you can love to do it. He gave it to you so you can use your art in some way to help other people.

Some people have an ability to fix things. Some people are good at mathematics. Some people are good at closing deals. Some people are good at music. Some people are good at organizing and some people are good at trimming and gardening.God made us all different so that everything in the world gets done. If we all liked to do the same thing, there would be a whole lot left undone.

TODAY'S WISDOM
You are the steward of your talents and God is watching to see if you use what He gave you effectively on earth. If you use those talents effectively on earth, your reward will be great in Heaven.

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