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"That special gift...you were given...keep that dusted off and in use." 1 TIMOTHY 4:14 (TM)
When you go to a job interview one question that often gets asked is: 'what are your strengths and your weaknesses?' Sometimes it's easier to come up with our weaknesses and these are often what we think we should focus on if we want to become better people. Paul told Timothy to focus on his strengths. 'That special gift...you were given...keep that dusted off and in use.'
Focused people don't hide their weaknesses or excuse them; but instead they focus on their strengths. Tony Campolo says, 'What you commit yourself to, will change what you are and make you into a completely different person. The future conditions you, not the past. What you commit yourself to become, determines what you are; more than anything that ever happened to you yesterday. Therefore, I ask you, "What are your commitments? Where are you going? What are you going to be? Show me somebody who hasn't decided, and I'll show you somebody who has no identity, no personality, no direction."'
Focusing on weaknesses instead of strengths is like having a handful of coins, a few made of gold, the rest of tarnished copper, and setting aside the gold coins to spend your time shining the copper ones in hopes of making them more valuable. No matter how long you spend, they'll never be worth what the gold ones are. So, stay focused on your God-given strengths!
written by Bob Gass
"That special gift...you were given...keep that dusted off and in use." 1 TIMOTHY 4:14 (TM)
When you go to a job interview one question that often gets asked is: 'what are your strengths and your weaknesses?' Sometimes it's easier to come up with our weaknesses and these are often what we think we should focus on if we want to become better people. Paul told Timothy to focus on his strengths. 'That special gift...you were given...keep that dusted off and in use.'
Focused people don't hide their weaknesses or excuse them; but instead they focus on their strengths. Tony Campolo says, 'What you commit yourself to, will change what you are and make you into a completely different person. The future conditions you, not the past. What you commit yourself to become, determines what you are; more than anything that ever happened to you yesterday. Therefore, I ask you, "What are your commitments? Where are you going? What are you going to be? Show me somebody who hasn't decided, and I'll show you somebody who has no identity, no personality, no direction."'
Focusing on weaknesses instead of strengths is like having a handful of coins, a few made of gold, the rest of tarnished copper, and setting aside the gold coins to spend your time shining the copper ones in hopes of making them more valuable. No matter how long you spend, they'll never be worth what the gold ones are. So, stay focused on your God-given strengths!
written by Bob Gass
