What’s in you?

I went for a meeting today with an increasingly successful person, well known in this country. She sings incredibly well and is therefore greatly used of God as a worship leader and a pastor. For some reason she thinks I am good enough to do a song with her, and I am still wondering what she’s been smoking. She has the kind of voice that makes the rest of us pretenders stick to speaking instead of singing.

So we met and she was talking about how hard it had been for her to break into the limelight, yet I have seen her in the limelight for as long as I’ve known of her. It was quite interesting to note that she had to go through so much to be where she is, and she is still increasing in her areas of expertise, notably in music.

I remembered the saying, ‘behind every glory, there is a story’. I am also writing my story, one line at a time, although I seem to be stuck in mid-sentence most of the time. Some things are so commonplace that I don’t seem to notice God working them through. Another thing is certain, I don’t seem to appreciate my own abilities, how God has specifically structured and gifted me for His ministry. Do you know what you are here for? What is your purpose on this side of eternity? Are you making suitable use of the skill-set that God integrated into your very substance? 

Once you find out that for which you were created, set out to improve it, customize it and use it for the benefit of others and the glory of God. With time, you will find that you also gain from it as a result of serving others. Those around you may advise you to look out for your own interests but Jesus taught us that in serving others are we considered to be great. All the best!