Many of us ignore the talents, spiritual gifts and creative potentials with which God endowed us and consequently assume that we cannot make a remarkable difference in this world and in the church of Jesus-Christ. This impression is even accentuated when we see others doing exceptionally well in their gifting. But low self-esteem is not only wrong, but contradicts divine objectives because God created and endowed all of us with special and amazing talents. So, those who think that they cannot do something remarkable for the world and for the church, are simply ignorant of the amazing talents and capacities lying within them. They are sleeping giants.
If you allow your gift, talents and creative potential to lie dormant, then you are a sleeping giant. I will briefly discuss that funny phenomenon in this post. You can learn more on it by reading my book, Sleeping Giant Syndrome. It is available on amazon.
# We all have a talent.
Those who are not manifesting any talent are called sleeping giants because we all have at least a talent.
God is impartial and gave each man an aptitude. God gave each man a talent so that he doesn’t be useless in the world, and Christ gave any Christian a gift so that he doesn’t be redundant, or superfluous, or useless in the church. No man is useless. Each has gifts to be exercised in the world and in the church, a contribution to be made which no other person is able to make. That makes our existence in the world and in the body of Christ meaningful and useful.
We are not all teachers, nor evangelists, nor rulers in the church, but God gave us something distinctive and individual to use in the service of his name. It may be a ministry of intercession; it may be an ability to bring comfort and encouragement to those who are despondent. It may be the gift of hospitality, or energy and toil, of liberality, of seeing what someone else doesn’t see and doing the thing that’s necessary. Whatever the case, no Christian can say “I have nothing to offer,” nor can he say, “I have no gifts to exercise”.
we are not all Picassos, nor Michael Jackson, nor Maradona, in this world. To some God gives artistic ability, to others musical ability though some musicians go to the devil for inspiration and fame, instead of demanding those things to God who gave them talents and gifts in the first place. To others God gives the ability to make things with their hands, to others, the ability to draw, to others, the ability to write books and to others the ability to work in the farm. God gave to all, something distinctive and individual to use for the wellbeing of mankind. Whatever the case no man can say, “I have nothing to offer to others in this world,” nor can he say, “I don’t have a talent to exercise”.
#We have different talents.
God gifted us differently. Gifted differently here means that, we have our particular gifts and talents that only we can perform effectively. It also means that we cannot perform some gifts and talents effectively because God did not destine those for us. God gifted some people for one thing and others for another. Doubtless, with scientific advances attained in our generation, we use plastic surgery to make all men look alike. But God never intended it to be so. He is a God of variety and endowed men his creatures differently. He did not intent everyone to be a genius mathematician. He did not intent to be Picasso with the pencil. He did not intent everyone to be Apostle Paul in speaking. He did not intent everyone to be TB. Joshua in doing miracles. He did not intent everyone to be everyone.
Talents and spiritual gifts are like features of the body, you are born with them. You come to the natural world with your natural talents and come to the spiritual world with your spiritual gifts. Assuredly, just as we do with plastic surgery adjusting the features of our body to our taste, we adjust our natural talents and spiritual gifts to our taste. But that is counterfeit and fighting with nature. What is natural flows naturally and cannot be simulated without gross mistakes and consequences.
#Barriers to talent manifestation.
Many of us allow many things to stop us from manifesting our talent. Then we forever remain sleeping giants. Here are some barriers to talent manifestation:
–Low self-esteem
-Lack of sufficient knowledge
-Fear of rejection
-Lack of eloquence
-Youthfulness
-Our gender
-Our locality
Learn more on how these barriers function by reading my book, Sleeping Giant Syndrome. It is available on amazon.
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