Use your GIFT where your SPIT can reach.
Your Gift
ONE of the hard things Christians have had to deal with is the challenge of accepting where God has placed us.
We give alot to our local HomeChurches and forget we belong to the whole body of Christ and not a part of it.
Reading through this, i hope it will encourage you to serve God right where you are. Use your GIFT where your SPIT can reach.
Genesis 25: 27-34
Esau Sells His Birthright
27 As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.
28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.
30 Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
31 “All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”
32 “Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”
33 But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt (dislike, hate) for his rights as the firstborn.
This is a story well known to many people. Maybe apart from you. The story of the twins who fought. It all began in their mothers womb.
It is good to note that this are the first twins to be mentioned in the bible.
No other woman could tell Rebekah (their Mother) of how it feels to carry twins within herself.
This further explains why she had to approach God and enquire what is happening to her. Vs 22,23.
It will be good to also note that this two children were birthed as a result of prayer. 20yrs later after their parents were married.
Their father Isaac is the one who pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife that they may have children. Vs 21.
It is a common thing to hear of Children who were born after their parents engaged God in prayer.
This is not our main point though. God is interested in talking to us about our gifting. He is concerned.
V 27 begins by telling us of the gifting upon the life of Esau. He was a skillful hunter.
Maybe he never came back home without some meat. Maybe he was the kind of hunter who in a short while, he would be holding a great hunt in his hands.
Vs 28, his dad loved him because of this. All men have a strong weakness towards meat. The total opposite of his wife Rebekah. She loved Jacob. Mama’s boy.
We all are gifted in one way or another. Some are gifted in the area of music, leadership, service, giving, and encouragement among others.
The bible says in Romans 12:6-8
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.
7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
God has installed in each one of us different gifts. And it is in us in search a way that we can do it well. Not everybody does it the way you do it.
Isaiah 58:12 says,
12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes.
Someone may ask, what about the rest of us? You will do something else that the others have not done, cannot do and will never do. Because only you can do it and do it well.
How well are you doing what god has gifted you to do? Do you think your location is the wrong one? Think again.
You need to invest in what you are gifted to do. God puts in us a gift, but it is our responsibility to make it grow. God plants- we do the watering.
ONE of the hard things Christians have had to deal with is the challenge of accepting where God has placed us.
We give alot to our local HomeChurches and forget we belong to the whole body of Christ and not a part of it.
Reading through this, i hope it will encourage you to serve God right where you are. Use your GIFT where your SPIT can reach.
Genesis 25: 27-34
Esau Sells His Birthright
27 As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.
28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.
30 Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
31 “All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”
32 “Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?”
33 But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt (dislike, hate) for his rights as the firstborn.
This is a story well known to many people. Maybe apart from you. The story of the twins who fought. It all began in their mothers womb.
It is good to note that this are the first twins to be mentioned in the bible.
No other woman could tell Rebekah (their Mother) of how it feels to carry twins within herself.
This further explains why she had to approach God and enquire what is happening to her. Vs 22,23.
It will be good to also note that this two children were birthed as a result of prayer. 20yrs later after their parents were married.
Their father Isaac is the one who pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife that they may have children. Vs 21.
It is a common thing to hear of Children who were born after their parents engaged God in prayer.
This is not our main point though. God is interested in talking to us about our gifting. He is concerned.
V 27 begins by telling us of the gifting upon the life of Esau. He was a skillful hunter.
Maybe he never came back home without some meat. Maybe he was the kind of hunter who in a short while, he would be holding a great hunt in his hands.
Vs 28, his dad loved him because of this. All men have a strong weakness towards meat. The total opposite of his wife Rebekah. She loved Jacob. Mama’s boy.
We all are gifted in one way or another. Some are gifted in the area of music, leadership, service, giving, and encouragement among others.
The bible says in Romans 12:6-8
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.
7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
God has installed in each one of us different gifts. And it is in us in search a way that we can do it well. Not everybody does it the way you do it.
People act, but you act with a difference
People dance, but you dance with a difference
People eat, but you eat with a difference
People lead, but you lead with a difference
People sing, but you sing with a difference
Isaiah 58:12 says,
12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes.
Someone may ask, what about the rest of us? You will do something else that the others have not done, cannot do and will never do. Because only you can do it and do it well.
How well are you doing what god has gifted you to do? Do you think your location is the wrong one? Think again.
You need to invest in what you are gifted to do. God puts in us a gift, but it is our responsibility to make it grow. God plants- we do the watering.
If you are an actor, invest in acting- buy some plays, write some among others.
If you are a singer, invest in your vocals- voice practice, learn from others.
If you are a dancer, invest in keeping fit- exercise, practice moves over and over again.
If you are leader, invest in leadership- go for seminars, read books, pray.
If you are a teacher, invest in teaching skills- invest in time in study, be current, teach.
Make friends where you are. Stay there. Don't think of what might be a better location. Leave the previous Locations. Yes they were good, yes you had many friends, yes you were known. But when the Lord says Go, you better go. Elijah in 1Kings 17:1-5, was told to go and stay there. Where? THERE. Where is there? There is THERE. right where you are. Serve God and stop making up excuses.
Amen?
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