God has also given each of us different gifts to use. If we can prophesy, we should do it according to the amount of faith we have. If we can serve others, we should serve. If we can teach, we should teach.
Romans 12:6-7
God has given each of us a unique personality and unique talents. The Bible tells us that we are a one of a kind masterpiece (Eph. 2:10), fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:12-14). I think that many times we allow ourselves to get caught up in the comparison game. The comparison game is today's society's game of comparing everyone to everyone else. None of us measure up in this game. We lose sight of the fact that each of us is special in our own way because we are too busy trying to be special in everyone else's way. This was me very recently. Spinning my wheels trying to live up to someone else's expectations of me. What they felt that I needed to be good at was what I tried to be the best at. Instead of recognizing that I needed to be true to myself and to the good Lord who made me and be good at being me. I am now in my 50s and am really learning so much more now than I ever did before. Or maybe I am just willing to submit to learning and understanding more than I was when I was younger. I spent most of my life trying to live up to people's expectations only to fall short of them. The problem was that their expectations were not God's expectations and so He did not give us the "talent" to be what they wanted us to be. I am beginning to accept my talents and even embrace them. It is taking some getting use to and a whole lot of prayer. Old habits die hard. What are your talents? Your true talents? Are you living up to them, or running away from them because you or someone else finds them insignificant? I never wanted to recognize my talents because in my family they were seen as insignificant. However, to my husband, children, and close friends my talents are seen as invaluable. Sometimes, it just takes the right person or the right people to show you that God doesn't make mistakes and each person is special. They might not be with the right group of people to be appreciated. So go embrace your God given talents! Someone in the world needs what God has given you to share. Blessings, Kat