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'We have different gifts ...' Romans 12:6
Do you sometimes think, 'I'm not good at anything?' Worse, do you think it a lot? There could be two main reasons why. Firstly, you're 'wallowing in it': you've got so used to thinking negatively about yourself, and spent so much time thinking about all the stuff you can't do, you've forgotten all the things you can do, and do brilliantly. You need to let God invade your thoughts; 'be transformed by the renewing of your mind' (Romans 12:2). Or maybe envy is to blame. But think about it, why be jealous of what someone else has when you can be enjoying what you have? You are unique and gifted.
We all have different gifts and God wants us to, 'just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't' (Romans 12:4 TM) .
Elisha was a prophet who hung out with Elijah; a top-notch prophet. But Elisha never felt sorry for himself or got jealous. He was wowed by how well Elijah used his gifts for God and inspired to ask God to give him twice as much as what He'd given Elijah, so he could do even more good stuff for God, and as a result he did. Thank God for the gifts He's given you and use them well.
written by Bob Gass
'We have different gifts ...' Romans 12:6
Do you sometimes think, 'I'm not good at anything?' Worse, do you think it a lot? There could be two main reasons why. Firstly, you're 'wallowing in it': you've got so used to thinking negatively about yourself, and spent so much time thinking about all the stuff you can't do, you've forgotten all the things you can do, and do brilliantly. You need to let God invade your thoughts; 'be transformed by the renewing of your mind' (Romans 12:2). Or maybe envy is to blame. But think about it, why be jealous of what someone else has when you can be enjoying what you have? You are unique and gifted.
We all have different gifts and God wants us to, 'just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren't' (Romans 12:4 TM) .
Elisha was a prophet who hung out with Elijah; a top-notch prophet. But Elisha never felt sorry for himself or got jealous. He was wowed by how well Elijah used his gifts for God and inspired to ask God to give him twice as much as what He'd given Elijah, so he could do even more good stuff for God, and as a result he did. Thank God for the gifts He's given you and use them well.
written by Bob Gass
