Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Been thinking lately

And that can be a dangerous thing.


In life it's interesting how God blesses you with certain strengths and abilities. If you are sensitive and willing to be taught, he will teach you how to use these "Strengths" or "Abilities" as you wonder through life.


As you grow personally and begin to develop the strengths you have, you do find some measure of fruit or success with them. Often you are keenly aware that, in and of yourself, you are helplessly unable to do the task requested of you, except for this gift God has given you.


Because of the quality and the results of the work you are doing, people begin to think that you are indeed a very wise and gifted individual. Thus they invite you to do work in this or that area as well.


The individual asks herself, is God enlarging the gifts causing them to be a help to the greater body? Or, is it just all going to my head?


Sometimes God is busy enlarging your gifts, if you've been faithful with what he's given you before. But sometimes people are just impressed by your successes and want you to do more. They want success in their ventures too, so, invite a successful individual to come along and help.


The test seems to be in judging what God is in fact saying to you. Sometimes you get it wrong and it all goes to your head, and your head enlarges till it explodes all over everybody at some dinner someplace.


Or, sometimes you ignore it, thinking it's all you, and you miss the opportunity to do greater things, for people, for God...


I dunno, just where my heads at these days. Trying to hear God well. Trying to keep up. Trying to be faithful.


Trying.

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