Build up the Body.
We all have talents and gift sets. Some of us are writers, artists, bloggers, teachers, car repair workers, landscapers, cooks, bakers, and candlestick makers.
What are we doing to help others with our talent?
I am writing this post as I talk to a guy about blogging. He is starting his own blog and I am (hopefully) being helpful in answering some questions. We talked a little about a logo and I was thinking about how this can create a “spec art” disaster. Spec art is when companies take advantage of an artist by making them work for free. I don’t want to get into that argument, but I must say, some spec artist stuff is over blown. It can be downright selfish. And you can quote me.
Because our work should be unto the Lord.
Everything we do is because God gave us the talent to do so. It is by His Spirit we can do anything at all. One of the biggest shames is to NOT use our talent to glorify and Honor God. I am not saying we should do everything for free, etc, but we should be willing to help our brothers and sisters. A good example is a guy at my church. He is an electronics genius. The dude can ground your home wiring, set up an HD surround sound system, run cables through your walls, and set up sound boards. He talks about the spectrum-prism-something-or-others like its his second language. He will then come to your house and hook up your stuff for free. He set up a sound system, projectors, and re-did a TON of the electric in our old church building out of the kindness of his heart and on a shoe string budget.
It does not end there.
He is teaching about 15 guys to do the same thing. He knows it is important to use the gifts God gave him to help the church in its mission to spread the Gospel. It is not about us, but about Him and His glory.
What are you doing? Who are you investing in and training? Who are you working with?
Who is working with you?
While we all have something to give, we all have something to learn as well. What are you learning and from who?
-Don-
Written by Don
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