Your Gift Will Open a Way for You Proverbs 18:16 is a powerful statement that reveals something great: A mans gift makes room for him (NKJV). What you were designed to be known for is your gift. God has put a gift or talent in every person that the world will make room for. It is this gift that will enable you to fulfill your vision. It will make a way for you in life. It is in exercising this gift that you will find real fulfillment, purpose, and contentment in your work. It is interesting to note that the Bible does not say that a mans education makes room for him, but that his gift does. Somehow we have swallowed the idea that education is the key to success. Our families and societies have reinforced this idea to us, but we will have to change our perspective if we are to be truly successful. Education is not the key to success. Dont misunderstand me. I believe in education. However, if education were the key to success, then everyone who has a Ph.D. would be financially secure and happy. If you are intelligent but are not exercising your gift, youre probably going to be poor. If youre educated but have not developed your talent, youre likely going to be depressed, frustrated, and tired. You will hate going to work on Monday mornings. Education, in itself, doesnt guarantee anything. It is your gift that is the key to your success. The second part of Proverbs 18:16 says, A mans gift…brings him before great men (NKJV). You dont realize that the gift youre sitting on is loaded. The world wont move over for you just because youre smart. However, when you exercise your gift, not only will the world make room for you, but it will also pay you for it. Anyone - yourself included - who discovers his or her gift and develops it will become a commodity. If youre a young person in high school or college who is planning your career, dont do what people say will make you a lot of money. Do what you were born to do, because that is where you will make your money. No matter how big the world is, theres a place for you in it when you discover and manifest your gift. Alexander Graham Bell believed that sound could be converted into electrical impulses and transmitted by wire. No one remembers those who thought he was crazy. We remember only the man who had the vision and created the telephone. If you do things in a halfway manner, you can always find a job somewhere. Yet if you do just enough to get by, you are going to remain simply an employee. However, if you decide that youre going to find something that is truly yours, then you will fulfill your vision, and you will be remembered by others.....
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 03:52:27 +0000
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