Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.– Richard Bach
Do you know what your purpose in life is?
Do you know what your gifts are?
Joys and abilities are gifts, but they can seem insignificant and can go undervalued and undeveloped by us.
Here is a random list of gifts:
Enjoying people
An eye for composition and beauty whether through photography, art, or design
Talent and ability with numbers and math; being able to balance financial statements
Talent and ability with words
The ability to see facts, truth and justice
Having a tender heart and showing mercy
Listening and encouraging others
Leading others well, whether one or many
Having administrative and / or organizing abilities
Ministering to people one on one
Ministering to the downtrodden and those with special needs such as the elderly or handicapped
Caring deeply and feeling empathy for others
What’s your gift?
It’s not insignificant – it’s important.
How can you use it more? Share it more? Grow it?
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… Ecclesiastes 9:10
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “See, I have called by name Bezalel…I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. “And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab…and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill…. Exodus 31:1-6
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