Monday, September 14, 2015

BE and DO ALL that GOD Has Given To You

In one of my devotions, I ran across this paragraph and it spoke to me, as I believe it will you.

Many of us God has given lofty visions; thus HE has blessed us with multiple gifts, talents and abilities. Often making it difficult to focus on, build on, only do or be one thing. The world has a saying, "jack of all trades master of none." I would like to dispel and cast this saying out of and from the mind of Children of God. The truth is, you may not be a jack of all trades but you can and may be a person of many (talents, abilities & gifts) and be a master of all that (the ones) He has given you!

The article states:
"The Bible has more than 1,000 names, titles and metaphors for God: El Shaddai, Shepherd, King, Father, Son and Prophet are only a few of them. Each name and title of God represents one aspect of who He is, what He does, and how He functions. As a person, you are known by your given name in addition to titles, such as parent, spouse and friend. The more you are and do, the more names and titles you have. God, the creator of the universe and every living creature therein, has facets to His nature that extend beyond our imaginings, and countless names to describe each of His attributes (functions and abilities)." (Excerpt from "365 Ways To Know God: Devotional ReadingsoOn the Names of God" by Elmer L. Towns)


What I gleaned from this article was something I have always thought, believed and tried to live by...Do not allow people to limit you or tell you your vision or dream is too big, or that you cannot be or do all that - all that He has given to you.  HE gave it (all) to you and HE expects you to use it all AND be all that comes with every gift, talent, and ability! Ask Him for His plan, will, and way for your life. The challenge may be what  part to do when and how to do it.  Pray and ask Him.  He will reveal. What HE tells you to do may not be the way others have or would do it. Be open to doing things a new way or an old way with a twist.  Trust Him to release you into "it" and "it" to you; whatever HE has created and formed you to do and be...Just do it!  And yes, that may be multiple things.

However, HE releases you into it or it to you; whether it is little by little, some (more) now some (more) later or ALL at the same time, trust and rest in Him.  Simply remember that your job is to be found ready and faithful over the little that is for now.  DO NOT LIMIT GOD!  No, you may not be a jack of all trades but you can be a person that masters of all that He has given and placed in you to do and be!  It is your vision and His plan for you...Why not and why can't you master it and be a master of it!  Better a master of it than a slave to it!

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