Proverbs 17:8
8 A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor; wherever he turns, he prospers.
When
we see something moldy, we throw it away. But when Alexander Fleming
saw his culture dishes contaminated with mold, he discovered penicillin.
You see, he had a gift which prospered him.
Joseph, a Hebrew slave in
Egypt, had nothing except his gift of interpreting dreams. But look at
what that gift did for him. It prospered him. He interpreted Pharaoh’s
dream and became the most powerful man in Egypt after Pharaoh. (Genesis
41)
“But Pastor Prince, what if I don’t have any gift?”
My friend, don’t let
anyone tell you that you don’t have any gift. God has given each person a
gift which can open doors of opportunities and bring in great
blessings.
Maybe you are just not
aware of that gift you have inside you, or perhaps it has profited you
nothing thus far as you have not found out how best to use it. You need
to take your gift and ask God for wisdom to cultivate it until it
becomes such a powerful tool or “precious stone” that wherever you turn,
you prosper.
This was the case with a
church brother who was tremendously gifted in the creative arts. For a
long time, he lacked the confidence and boldness to leave the security
of his police job and step out on his own. But when he began to seek
God’s wisdom for his situation, God gave him boldness to leave his job
and go back to school to pursue the creative arts. In school, he
prospered, becoming one of its top students and impressing the principal
so much with his creative gift that he was offered a teaching position
in the school even before he graduated.
Now, please don’t go and
quit your job after reading this. What you should do is ask God for
wisdom regarding your gift. For when the wisdom of God is added to your
gift, that gift becomes “a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
wherever he turns, he prospers”.
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