Talents

Talent. When we hear that word, the majority of us don’t think,” that’s me!” Most of us hear that and we think about other people … songwriters, actors, sculptors, motivational speakers, best-selling authors, artists, and professional athletes. Are they talented? Sure, but no more influential than any one of us reading this who have God’s Spirit living inside of us. We just get easily confused by what the world tells us is important and what God finds important. If you are a follower of Jesus, you have been wired by God to do things that the person next to you can’t do (1 Corinthians 12:7). We all have a talent that no one else on the team has. You have a significant part to play in the body of Christ, which we call ‘the church.’ Before Jesus ascended, he looked at his disciples and entrusted them with the great commandment to simply ‘go.’