Everyone Has Unique Gifts
“God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you. If your gift is that of serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching. If your gift is to encourage others, do it! If you have money, share it generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.”
-- Romans 12:6-8
What is your unique gift? What can you do really well? What kind of resources do you have that could benefit someone in need? We all have special qualities that make us who we are. It’s important that we use those gifts as God intended for us to do.
Shawn King used his unique skills, along with facebook and twitter, to raise money and purchase Christmas gifts for Atlanta schoolchildren. It worked so well that after the earthquake in Haiti he used the same methods to buy tents for that devastated country.
He’s just one of many people featured in the Max Lucado study, “Outlive Your Live.” Normal people. Folks like you and me. Just using their skills to do things to help God’s people.
Of course, helping doesn’t have to be on such a grand scale. One friend remarked a couple of years ago that he was surrounded by “widow women.” He wisely recognized that maybe God was telling him something. Now he does simple things for these elderly ladies, like rolling their garbage cans to the road. A simple thing, yes, but something really big when every step is a struggle.
I think sometimes we hold back because we believe we couldn’t possibly make a difference. We forget the power that’s behind us. Take a step forward and see where it goes. You might amaze yourself at all God can accomplish through you.
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