"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds" Hebrews 10:24
We have each been blessed, we have each been gifted. We often don't recall our strengths, because we have a tendency to look at others' strengths which are not ours - this causes defeat and paralyzation rather than forward movement.
Here's a great story from Chuck Swindoll:
Once upon a time, the animals decided they should do something meaningful to meet the problems of the new world. So they organized a school.
They adopted an activity curriculum of running, climbing, swimming, and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming; in fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying, and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to drop swimming and stay after school to practice running. This caused his web feet to be badly worn, so that he was only average in swimming. But average was quite acceptable, so nobody worried about that; except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of his class in running, but developed a nervous twitch in his leg muscles because of so much make-up work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing, but he encountered constant frustration in flying class because his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the treetop down. He developed "charlie horses" from overexertion, and so only got a C in climbing and a D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was severely disciplined for being a non-conformist. In climbing classes he beat all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there…."
Basically, be thrilled with the gifts God has given you and maximize them for the glory of God and thank God for the gifts He has given other people and encourage them to use them for God's glory. This makes a great team.
QUESTION - how can your gifts be used at church or in the community?
Let's have an attitude of God being glorified more than anything else.
