‘Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been
given.’ Galatians 6:4
One pastor writes: ‘I could have taken a hundred gifts and ability tests
as a young man and never discovered that I was gifted at teaching, because I’d
never done it. It was only after I began accepting opportunities to speak that
I saw the results, received confirmation from others, and realised God had
gifted me to do this.’
Unless you’re willing to risk getting involved, you’ll never know what
you’re good at. Sure you’ll make mistakes - and some of them may be so
discouraging you’ll want to give up and not try again. But if you turn your
mistakes into learning experiences you’ll not only discover what God has called
you to do, you’ll grow and become proficient at it.
Paul writes: ‘Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you
have been given, and then sink yourself into that…Don’t compare yourself with
others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you
can with your own life’ (vv. 4-5 MSG). Then he adds: ‘Let’s not allow ourselves
to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we
don’t give up, or quit…therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for
the benefit of all’ (vv. 9-10 MSG).
Today take a serious look at what’s left of your life and decide to make
it count. Some of the saddest words in life are on a tombstone that reads:
‘When I came to die, I discovered I had not lived.’ Don’t let that be said of
you!
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