What are a few of your talents or skills?

God is aware of every single one of your talents and skills. In fact, he gave you all your godly ones at birth or helped you develop them along the way. It gives him great pleasure to see you use what you have been given. The first step in appreciating your talents and skills is recognizing them! Today is all about doing that, so you can dedicate them to the Lord for his service.

Talents And Skills? I Don’t Have Any!

So, are you not a talented harpist, gifted communicator, or respected surgeon? But have people commented that you are a natural at cross-country skiing, landscape painting, or computer repairs? Do you even remember when you learned to be a stenographers, mechanic or carpenter? Are you an incurable inventor, an avid researcher, or a party planner par excellence? Do you wonder why God gave you the gift of thinking clearly under pressure or of having a photographic memory? Have you mastered a foreign language or discovered that you have a special ability in an area like music, dance, graphics, problem solving, marketing, or supervising people?

What Are a Few of Your Talents or Skills?

A Man Was Given a Talent

(In New Testament times, a talent was the largest unit of silver, with an approximate monetary value of one ox.) Jesus told a parable using a metaphor about a man who was rebuked by his master for burying his talent. Read Matthew 25:14-30. Today, let’s extend the metaphor to include your natural talents and acquired skills. What would Jesus say to you? Are you using your talents and skills wisely or are you burying them?

SCRIPTURE TO PONDER

Then the Lord said…”And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kind of crafts.”

(Exodus 31:1, 3)

So…What Insight, Prayer, or Action Step Has God Laid on Your Heart Today?

Exert from "Praying for Purpose" (page 49) by Katie Brazelton.