Listen to the five minute Gifts and Effort audio file from Coach’s Corner.
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God” (Leo Buscaglia).
Gifts—the unique and “natural” talents that God put into each one of us—are different for each one of us.
Romans 12:6-7 (NIV) says,
“We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach…”
As I’ve mentioned, people have a myriad of different kinds of gifts—spiritual, physical, mental, even emotional.
I’ve also talked about how you can identify and develop your gifts. This includes asking others what they see in you, because we are often blind to our own gifts and talents.
And I’ve said that knowing your gifts alone isn’t enough. There is a partner to knowing your gifts that needs to be included—something even more important than knowing your gifts in the first place.