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In part 1 of “What’s Your God-given Gift,” we talked about how God has given every single one of us a gift that will help us fulfill our God-given destiny…and let me tell you, you really were created on purpose, with a purpose, for a purpose! I also shared 3 questions for you to answer that will help you discover what your God-given gifts are.
So, in this episode, we’re going to talk about what to do when you do discover your gift and how you can take your gift to the next level. We’re also going to talk about what your gift has to do with those around you and one thing that is actually way more important for you to have than your gift. Even if you haven’t quite discovered your God-given gift, yet, this is something that you can start now!
So, What if you did ask yourself those three questions and you still have no clue what your gift is or you think you might know, but aren’t really sure, or maybe you know what your gifts and talents are, but you’re not quite sure how to use them in the way God wants you to?
With me, when God revealed to me the general thought of my purpose…that I was going to be serving teens for the rest of my life. I was a little terrified. Can you even be a little terrified? Haha…I was terrified…I wasn’t just a little bit scared. I believe that the reason God hadn’t revealed my gift yet, was because He was doing something pretty incredible on the inside of me to prepare me for it.
At that time, I was painfully shy. I had no confidence in myself or who God made me. If you would have told me back then that I was going to be starting UncommonTEEN, writing a devotional, creating a course for teen girls on God-confidence, hosting the UncommonTEEN podcast and be in the planning stages for our first conference for teen girls, I would have laughed and said, “Yeah right!”
**Side note** One thing I love about God is that when He calls us to do something, the endgame is never small. If we are listening to God’s dreams more than our own dreams, we see that God’s dreams are way bigger than what we could ever accomplish on our own, because if we could do it on our own, we wouldn’t need Him. God loves getting to be a part of walking with you in your God-given destiny.
See, if I would have known all that God was calling me to, I would have talked myself right out of my God-given gift, because I didn’t believe I could do it.
One thing I love about God is that He isn’t even looking at what you can or cannot do right now, that will come later as he works within us along our journey. What He’s looking for is if you are available for Him to use…and that’s where faithfulness comes in, like we talked about in episode 13.
Faithfulness IS key to discovering our God-given gift, but something that is even more important than discovering your God-given gift is developing your character.
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