Every time I go to Las Vegas and I see those women who can engrave your name on a grain of rice, I think God is amazing in the fact that He gives to each of us unique gifts and talents.
I struggled for years making myself crazy trying to figure out what my particular gifts and/or talents were. The enemy had done an exemplary job for so long convincing me that I was the one person who God skipped over when handing out gifts and talents. After all, for more than 20 years my only “job” was that of full-time wife and mother.
My need to defend myself as “just a mother” or “just a housewife” found me questioning my worth and value in the body Christ. As though raising Godly children and nurturing them into productive, functioning, well-balanced and responsible members of society is looked upon as a lackluster career.
With all my children in college I’m learning to reinvent myself so I don’t become a member of the “just club.” I was just a full-time mom and now I’m just a wife. The dictionary defines the word just as, “perhaps, possibly” and “almost.”
I am a good mother and definitely a great deal better than “almost” or “possibly.” I’m capable of doing so many other things for God, but somehow the enemy is quick to point out all the things I cannot do. Truth be told, that list is far longer than the things I can do.
First Corinthians 4:7 says: What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?
It’s easy to get hung up on what we are not when we should be focusing on what we are. I know I am saved and bought with a price and Christ died for me. I may not have a worldwide ministry, but I am a tenacious prayer warrior.
I may not be a missionary around the globe, but I can volunteer at the Food Bank, or host a small group, or invite a stranger to a Vineyard Church service. Okay, I can’t engrave my name on a grain of rice but I can lead someone to Christ so their name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
God gave to each of us gifts and talents that are meant to be shared with others. We are meant to be channels that let our gifts and talents flow out from us to bless others, no matter how small or unimportant they may seem on the surface. We are not meant to be reservoirs that hold onto those gifts and talents. Whatever gifts we possess we need to do them as unto the Lord and with joy.
My job description may be changing now that my kids are all leaving the nest, but I’m going to do my best to not settle for just anything. Being a prayer warrior may not earn me my 15 minutes of fame, but if my Heavenly Father one day tells me “well done, good and faithful servant,” that’s just fine by me.
Blessings in Christ,
Kathy (not just another blogger)
www.kathleenkurlin.com
“It’s easy to get hung up on what we are not when we should be focusing on what we are.” Amen and amen, Sister! Very well stated and transparently honest. Great post!
Kathy I’m so glad you realized you’re not” just a so and so”, your life and all that you do has great meaning for not only God but those every day people that you touch and you aren’t aware of the impact or difference you made in their lives.
None of us are just a (fill in the blank), we all have a very definite purpose in God’s plan and I think you showed us all what the greater purpose is by serving God with whatever wonderful talents he’s bestowed upon each of us.
I love the way you so eloquently wrote this out…this is one of the many great God given talents that He has blessed you with.