“True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.”
-John W. Gardner
Shagmar once defeated 600 Philistines by himself. If that wasn’t
impressive enough, he didn’t fight with a machine gun; his weapon of
choice was an ordinary farming tool that he worked with on a daily basis, an ax
goad (Judges 3:31). This implies that Shagmar wasn’t your typical
soldier, but rather he was probably a farmer. Even so, when it came time
to fight, he fought heroically with his God-given weapon and won. Shagmar
saved Israel and glorified God. What if Shagmar had said, "I'm no
fighter, I'm a farmer. And I especially can't use my farmer's tool to
fight." Shagmar would have disqualified himself when God had already
qualified him. Likewise, we may often see ourselves as ordinary, but God
wants to use us to accomplish the extraordinary. Here's a question we
ought to think critically about. What tools has God entrusted me with? You may see your skill set as basic, but God can do infinitely more with it. Whether be teaching, writing, singing, dancing, or leading: we
must see our tools as weapons to bring God glory.
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful (1 Corinthians 4:2,
NIV).
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