Have you ever met those people that put you to shame in every area of your life? You know the ones that can accomplish something in 20 minutes that would take anyone else several hours even days to finish. Sometimes I would like to be able to say at the end of the day that I...
...solved world hunger
...ran 18 miles in four minutes without breaking a sweat
...climbed Mount Everest
...wrote and published 4 books before eating my Wheaties
...swam the English Channel
...learned to speak Hungarian
...built a rocket that could fly to Neptune
...touched the North Pole
...memorized Sonatina in F Movement II on my tuba
...was unanimously voted president
...parted the Red Sea with my walking stick
...grew world renown lemons from seed to fruit in 2 hours
...fixed the Rubik Cube
...memorized the Old Testament
...cooked a Carmel souffle in my microwave
...chugged a 12-pack of Dr. Pepper in 3 minutes
...got up at four o' clock in the morning to feed my prize-winning chinchillas
...painted an exact replica of the Mona Lisa
...got a perfect score on the SAT
...built a life-sized medieval catapult for my history project
Fortunately, we are told in the Bible no to compare ourselves and our accomplishments to others. If we want to be content, we must come to realize that God created everyone for different purposes and with different gifts.
We must choose to use our gifts to honor and glorify the Lord, and even though we may never invent a new kind of awesome hand lotion or fly to Neptune, we must choose to only be concerned with how we appear to God. And we already know that He loves us.
Romans 12: 6-8 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
