Using What I’ve Been Given

Ludwig Van Beethoven once said, “Do not only practice your art, but force yourself into its secrets; for it and knowledge can raise men to the Divine”. I can only partially agree.

Yes, when we push into the secrets of the field God has gifted us in, we will be amazed at God’s creativity and be drawn closer to him; but an excess of knowledge is not needed for this to happen. In fact, we are told that the wisdom of man is foolishness to God; on the other hand, He makes the simple wise. Please don’t misunderstand, I am not saying that knowledge is a bad thing; it’s what you do with what you have. Depend on God wisdom, not the world.

God has given each of us abilities, and He wants us to use them. Find the place God has for you and pursue is for His glory; you cannot go wrong doing that. That is why I started this blog. I was (and still am) shaking in my boots, but I know that this is how God has gifted me, and hopefully, this is how He will use me. But before I came to terms with who I am, I had to realize who I am not. I am not an extravert, so I have a hard time communicating orally. That led to the realization that I can write, and that writing is my way of ‘speaking’. When I write, my job is to glorify God in the way I use words, and to seek His wisdom and His wonder as I work.

I would rather be myself (not particularly ‘smart’ or ‘successful’) and have God reveal His wisdom to me, than to ‘have it all together’  in the eyes of the world and be blind to the glory of God. I would much rather catch glimpses of God than climb any sort of social or corporate ladder.

The days I stop looking for God in my work are the days my heart grows cold and hard. Without Him, there is no meaning or purpose in life.