Our Skills and Abilities

Does God need your skills and abilities in order to accomplish His purposes on this earth?

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32

It’s an amazing thing to know that because of God’s love for us, we have been set free from the bondage of sin.

Why would anyone want to live in darkness from a sinful life?
Living in a state of imprisonment is sad and lonely, but people need to understand that once you’ve found Jesus, he takes that darkness away and replaces it with his light.
In John 8:12 Jesus spoke to the people saying “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” therefore once we decide to fully surrender to Jesus and make Him sovereign over our lives, we are no longer enslaved by our sins but we can walk freely in God’s eternal light.

**We need to have a life that invites the Holy Spirit into our lives. our home, our place of work, everywhere!
We then speak Blessings and Peace over all things and All people verses any Curses, 24/7 ! Yes always speak Blessings and Peace over all things and All people and watch and feel the spiritual climate change in yourself as well as all the rest of areas you are in, be it people, relationships, work, circumstances etc.

“His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor His delight in the legs of a man; the Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love.” – Psalm 147:10-11

Do you ever feel so skilled in what you do that you require little help from others? Perhaps you may feel that you are more skilled than any other in your field.
Does God need your skills and abilities in order to accomplish His purposes on this earth? The answer is NO.

One thing God does not need is our skills and abilities. However, GOD DOES give us the privilege to exercise our gifts and abilities for His service.
That service may be as a computer technician, a secretary, a restaurant Manager, a property Manager, a construction job, a Pastor, a Realitor, or even a lawyer or Doctor.
God calls each of us to our vocations to work unto HIM. To BELIEVE that He needs our skills to accomplish His mission on earth would be to lower our understanding of an all-encompassing and all-powerful God. The psalmist tells us that His pleasure is NOT in our strength and ability,
***BUT His pleasure is in the attitude of the heart.
**It is what we find in the heart that helps determine whether ability is translated into availability.
You see God is looking to and fro throughout the earth for a man or woman who is fully committed to Him.
**A man or woman who is committed to fearing the Lord and placing his hope in His unfailing love is the person God seeks to support.
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him” (2 Chron. 16:9a).
***When OUR agenda becomes HIS agenda, we can expect God to fully support all that we do.
***God does not regard our personal ability as what pleases him, but rather our willingness to humble ourselves to Him, since GOD gives ALL good gifts.

If we want to see our skills and abilities multiplied a hundredfold, then we must make them completely available to His service. Where are the opportunities in which God is calling you to be available to Him?
* Am I doing my Gifting for God under God’s Power, or am I doing it for myself for my own power????

Next time someone asks you to be involved in some activity, before you say yea or nay, make sure you check in with the Master of our decisions to ensure that your gifts and talents are being used, as He desires
Thank You God for entrusting this blessing to me. I know it is a gift from You.
Ask yourself again:”How can I use this gifting I have been blessed with as an opportunity to bless someone else?
The blessing will be more rewarding if it’s not ALL about me.
We are called to rise above. Be set apart. Be different. Be pure in every way. “Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure” (1 John 3:3).

Right in the midst of what we’re doing today, how can we graciously and purely represent Christ as we RE-present Him everywhere we go?

All through the scripture we see who God is and what He does for His people. We have every reason to praise God because of His love for us. We see in this scripture(147:1-20) who God is and what He does. We were created to praise Him but this scripture explains why. God is awesome and worthy of our praise.
*God never forgets us, no matter how small we may feel. Just as He remembers each individual star in the sky, so He remembers each one of us & hears our individual cries.

Dear Lord, thank You for every good and perfect gift You have given me. Help me to put others before me and to have a heart to see them as You do.
Lord help me through Your Holy Spirit speak Truth, Peace and Blessings over ALL and give YOU aLL the PRAISE and GLORY. Thank You Jesus how You are moving in so many different areas and different people, bringing UNITY First and then by using each others giftings to Serve Others! Thank You Jesus and continue your Perfect Harvest!! Lord I lift up all Pastors to You this day that they all see the needed Unity in the Body, which is lifting the “Name of Jesus” You Lord- to move Forward and Lord I lift up Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota-we speak Love, Peace, Freedom and Blessings over them ALL In Jesus’ Name, Amen.