Do you know why the sun shines? Do you know why the stars bright, and why the eagle flies? There is only one answer to these questions is, and that is "they all use their gifts."
Your gift is your talent or special skill - it is a special ability that you have, which you find easy to use. You may be gifted in writing, teaching, speaking, singing, sport, etc., when you identify your gift, do not abandon it, instead, nurture and use it every time. Three reasons why you must not jeopardize your gifts are explained below:
1. Success is sure. When you continue to use your gift, it will bring success into your life. This is because your gift will make you become unique in life. It will also make you become what God has created you to be, and it is only your gift that can make you occupy your unique space in life. No one can take your place when you know how to use your gift very well.
2. Easier life. Life will be much easier when you use your gift. But life can be very hard for you if you abandon your gift. This is because instead of doing what you can do naturally, you will be struggling to do what is naturally difficult for you to do. It is like when you are trying to do another man's work - which you are not trained to do -, that would be more difficult to do compared to when you do your own work that you naturally have the talent to do.
3. Inner joy and happiness. Using your gift can give you inner joy and external happiness. You will always find joy any time you use your gift. This is because the impression or push to use your gift is an internal force and any time you yield to that internal force you will get joy. The more you use the inner push to achieve success, the more joy and happiness you will get. This is the same for all talented people. They get joy from what they do because they do what they like. The more they do it, the happier they become.
Once you can identify your gift, don't jeopardize it. If your gift is doing music, please go and start music anyhow. If you are a sports person, go and join a sports team. If your gift is in academics, please pursue further education learning, and if you are good at teaching, start a training or learning center and use that gift to impact others. Whatever you think is your gift, go and start using it for something good now. Do not abandon your gift! Use it and you would see yourself enjoying success, an easier life, and continuous happiness.
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Thanks alot for the insight.
ReplyDeleteAre there people who doesn't recognize their gift?
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DeleteThanks, this is a very thoughtful questions.
DeleteYes, there may be some people who do not recognize their gift. This may happen when people are too distracted from observing themselves. People can identify their gift through a thoughtful self-observation, self-reflection, and self-examination, or by other people telling them what they observe in them. Also it may take time before people can actually become away of their gift, so people who have not recognize their gifts may recognize them later as they continue to engage in many different activities and observe themselves.