1 Peter 4:11
If you have the gift of speaking, preach God's message. If you have the gift of helping others, do it with the strength that God supplies. Everything should be done in a way that will bring honor to God because of Jesus Christ, who is glorious and powerful forever. Amen.
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.
I am so in awe of singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith and others like him. Not only can he write amazing songs that glorify God … he can play and sing them beautifully, too! Sometimes songwriters can create beautiful music … for someone else to sing! But Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, and others like them can do it all.
Christian comedian Dennis Swanberg is hilarious to me. He has a knack for making even mundane everyday events sound so funny that you can’t help but laugh till your sides nearly split. I am impressed with the ability of Duff Goldman, the “Ace of Cakes,” to turn plain vanilla cakes into works of art, while I struggle to get icing on a cake without tearing it to pieces!
Artists who create beautiful masterpieces … athletes who can perform incredible physical feats … speakers like Joyce Meyer who can make the Good News of Jesus come alive in a real, relevant fashion for thousands … entrepreneurs who can create a concept and turn it into a profitable business that makes you ask, “Why didn’t I think of that?” … and even a landscape artist or gardener who can take a few plants and a patch of grass and create something incredibly inviting and Eden-like … ALL of these people have “found their niche” and made it work – for them and those around them.
What is your niche? Maybe you are still figuring it out … and maybe it will change and evolve throughout your lifetime. But for today, we all have something at which we excel … and this should be defining our ministry. If you are a good “friend” and get along well with others, your ministry may be inviting them to church and church activities – or simply being cheerful and friendly and sharing the love of Christ with others. If you make beautiful cards and like to scrapbook, maybe sharing notes and cards is your way of sharing God’s love. If you are good with finances, perhaps there is a place for you in the church or a church ministry as a treasurer or on the Finance Committee – or even managing your own money in such a way that you have extra to give to missions.
If you love children, you may be called to serve them in some way. If you are good with senior citizens, maybe this age group needs your help. Maybe you can serve as a driver for someone or for groups and individuals in your church and community. And for the record, not all ministries are associated with an organized church. Any time you are serving God by serving others – whether through your church or out in your community – you are honoring God and exercising your gift(s).
I encourage you to get busy determining where you excel. Discover your gift … your “niche”… and ask God to show you how/where to use it for His glory. We were not called to sit on our hands and waste the gifts God has given us. Figure out how and where you are supposed to be serving – and then make it happen to the glory of God!
©2010 Debbie Robus
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