Do not neglect the gift that is in you.
1 Timothy 4:14
No one else has your "you-ness". No one else in all history has your unique history. No one else in God's great design has your divine design. No one else shares your blend of personality, ability, and ancestry. When God made you, the angels stood in awe and declared, "We've never seen one like that before." And they never will again.
You are heaven's first and final attempt at you. You are matchless, unprecedented, and unequaled.
Consequently, you can do something no one else can do in a fashion no one else can.
Call it what you wish. A talent. A skill set. A gift. An anointing. A divine spark. An unction. A call. The terms are different, but the truth is the same: "The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving other"
Each of us - not some of us, a few of us, or the elite among us.
Many people stop shot of their destiny. They settle for someone else's story. They fit in, settle in, and blend in. But they never find their call. Don't make the same mistake.
Your existence is not accidental. your skills are not incidental. God "shaped each person in turn"
Find you "you-ness" and use it for the kingdom.
Max Lucado の 「God with You Every Day」より
今日も、抜粋のしようがなかったので、全文です。
これは何も、高校生や大学生のためのメッセージではないと心から思います。
こんな私でさえ、自分の中の神さまからの贈り物に、この年で気づくこともしばしばなのだから。
神さまは、練りに練って、最高のタイミングでそれを用いるということもあると思う。
私は、去年の夏以来、子どもたちと一緒に聖書を学んでいます。
とても小さい人たちです。
まだ春を5回ぐらいしか知らない子たちです。
お箸を持ってごはんを食べ始めて2週間ぐらいの子たちに、ルカの「人の子は、失われた人を救うためにやってきたのです」をシェアしています。
この頃は、私はそうするために生まれてきたのだと、普通にあたりまえに、感じている。