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by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
A man’s gift makes room for him and
brings him before great men. Proverbs Chapter 18 verse 16
Do
you know what you own? Do you know the value of your God given gifts? If you
know, how do you treat them? And if you do not know, what are you doing to
identify them and their values, e they spiritual, physical, mental, financial,
material, etc?
The
Apostle Paul cautioned young Timothy not to neglect his gift irrespective of
how he got it. He also reminded Timothy about how the leaders of the Church
laid hands on him and there was a prophetic message regarding the gift. The
Apostle Paul therefore urged Timothy not to ignore the gift, not to consider
the gift trivial and insignificant. He told Timothy that the gift was a great
gift from God to him. Therefore, Timothy should recognize the import of the gift,
treasure the gift (1st Timothy Chapter 4 verse 14) and fan the gift
into flames. Flames cannot be hidden. When you fan the gift of God in you into
flames, the gift becomes visible for everyone to see. But when you do not fan
the gift, it becomes cold embers or dying embers or smoky embers which do not
bless anyone especially the smoky embers. The smoky embers for instance will
obscure vision, restrict people from coming close by because of the negative
impact of the smoke on the eyes (peppery eyes) smell of smoke on clothes, hair and
body; carbon monoxide when inhaled. The implication is that gifts that have not
been fanned into flames do not attract people and when gifts do not attract
people, they cannot be money making gifts. In essence, they cannot be
monetized. But when they are fanned into flames, they become attractive. Why?
People want to see what the flame is, what is responsible for the flame and how
they can benefit from the flame. Recall how God got Moses’ attention through
the burning bush that was not consumed?
He
also reminded Timothy that the gift came into his life when Apostle Paul also
laid hands on him. The Apostle Paul cautioned Timothy not to be timid because
God blessed Timothy with the spirit of power, love and self discipline so that
he could boldly and appropriately activate and implement the gift of God in him
to the glory and honor of God for the blessing of humanity.
In
like manner, your divine gifts, dearly beloved of God reading this blogpost are
divinely loaded with potentials far beyond your imagination. Your finite sight,
vision and understanding make it difficult for you to comprehend the intrinsic
and eternal value of the gift of God in you.
Value your gift and allow the Spirit of God to put
the great value He designed from the foundation of the world into that gift.
Please se 2nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7, 1st Samuel
Chapter 22 verses 1 to 2, and 1st Chronicles Chapter 12. Only a jar
of oil paid off the family’s debts; men who had nothing to offer and whom no
one would want to associate with became mighty men of valor; famous and in
great desirability. People wanted to associate with them; kings of other
nations wanted them in their armies because over time, they had honed their
military prowess and expertise and became great soldiers that could not be
defeated. They had placed great value on their gifts.
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