Got gifts?

Now here's a question for everyone including myself to honestly answer. Have you ever felt the spirit press, or whisper to your heart to awaken a talent or gift that has been bundled up? 

*Raises hand*

   

 I won't lie, because the only person I can continue to deceive is myself. My name is Michelle Ziregbe, and I have decided to answer to my calling as the Spirit leads. Just a short story about myself that most people probably don't know. When I was a little girl I loved to write! I wrote songs, poetry, and I loved to perform in general. Somewhere along the line I let myself get so caught up with everything else that I neglected the gift God gave me- writing. 

  

 In reference to the Book of Matthew 25:14-28 (NIV) "The parable about the bags of gold". For those who haven't read or can't remember the story here is a brief summary. A man was travelling, and before he left some of his wealth was allotted among three of his servants. To one he gave five bags of gold, to the second he gave two bags of gold, and to the third he gave one bag. The first two servants invested the wealth, and multiplied but the third hid it until the master returned because he was lazy and afraid. The master was not pleased with the servant, so he gave the gold to one of the other servants. 

    

 Nearly all my life this story was told to me time after time, but I finally understand the real message behind the story. God has placed in each and every one of us different gifts but we hide them just like the lazy/scared servant. But you know what’s worse than being scared to use your gifts? God taking those gifts away, and giving it to another person who is willing to use them.

And yes I know the plans God has for us sometimes seem big, and petrifying. It often might even cause some to question whether or not they have enough vigor in them to accomplish such enormous tasks. Don’t forget 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." 

Therefore I urge every one of us to be like the two servants who took the gifts their master gave them, and multiplied it. Fear as we know isn't of the Lord, so let us gather courage and trust that if the Lord gave us a gift then the harvest will be prosperous.