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7-18-19 Thursday
Abraham Maslow once said “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”
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Who are you?
We fall into 2 extreme traps in life.
One is to coward and just be who everyone thinks we should be. Wether that be what our parents think we should be, or our wives or society…
The second is just at evil and that is to try to be who we are not called to be. We allow our fleshly desires and sinful cravings dictate who we should be.
Here are my examples. When you try to be who your parents/wife/society want you to be… you are not being you. DUH… right. But what that means is you never tap your potential to be you and to experience you. If I am truly musical, I have perfect pitch, I have melodies swarming through my head, I can sing 3 octaves, I can naturally pick up an instrument and play it almost immediately… but my Mom and Dad raised me wanting me to be a Doctor. Ok, I might be a pretty good doctor- but that is not where my potential lies. My potential lies in my musical ability.
Second example of allowing our human sinfulness and cravings steer our lives. How many people went after booze, drugs, women, money, fame you name it. They let their cravings create their own prison. They became enslaved by their cravings and may never attempt to create the life they are gifted for, called to.
So what is the balance?
I think scripture is pretty clear. It shows us we have spiritual gifting’s (by the way I think all spiritual gifts are available to us but we typically lean into certain ones) but anyway, we have spiritual giftings, we have callings, we have natural talents and abilities and we have core values that help direct us.
So lets put this together-
Spiritual gifting - giving
Calling - work with animals
Natural talents and abilities - music and team building
Core values - loyalty
*THIS IS THE BLUE PRINT OF HOW GOD CREATED YOU
NOW IF YOU CAN FIND A JOB THAT FILLS ALL OF THESE- YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. BUT IF NOT HOW DO YOU CREATE A LIFE OF MEANING OUT OF A THIS COLLAGE?
My good friend Joe Steinke was a strange animal. He spoke Mandrin, He was an artist and musician, he had a passion for missions and one of his core values was seeking out and loving the unlovable. He at one point had no idea of how to merge these… until God!
God created a journey where he could go overseas with students, share the gospel to Mandarin speaking cultures using the arts and music and to the least of these.
SO LETS GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LIST;
Spiritual gifting - giving
Calling - work with animals
Natural talents and abilities - music and team building
Core values - loyalty
SO MAYBE YOU GET A FEW PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM CHURCH TO GO TO THE LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER. HE HELP BUILD TEAMS TO CLEAN, CARE FOR AND LOVE THE ANIMALS. YOU FIND OUT THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS AND YOU CREATS SOME CONCERTS OR CD COMPILATIONS TO RAISE MONEY… AND ALL THE WHILE YOU ARE LOVING PEOPLE AND ABLE TO SHARE CHRIST WITH THEM.
Here is what I have found to be true in life: when you give God complete control over your spiritual gifts, your calling, your natural talents and abilities and your core values HE will make a place for you. AND THAT IS WHEN YOU REALLY START LIVING LIFE.
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