Talent Requires Practice
God gifted you with the best talent ever. You are so incredibly good at this Creative Thing that people have been telling you since you were a child “ah, look at this! He/she is so good at this thing! They have a natural talent that is going to take him/her far!” You are the star of this Creative Thing in your social circles, unmatched, unrivaled, all without lifting a finger of effort. You are praised and loved and you felt like the sky is the limit…
…then you hit the wall.
Being a Bezalel
The first Biblically recorded instance of a person being gifted the Holy Spirit is Bezalel. If you are unsure of who that is, you are not alone! He was no great prophet like Moses, or mighty man like Samson, and he wasn’t one of the Twelve Disciples or a member of Paul’s ministry. No, Bezalel was a craftsman.
What Do We Mean By ‘Gifts from God’?
As stated previously, this season of ECC is going to focus on the idea of gifts from God. However, there is one little piece of clarification that needs to be made before continuing: these are not spiritual gifts. The New Testament is filled with verses on spiritual gifts, such as kindness, patience, prophecy, mercy, etc., which are not what we are going to be discussing during this blog series.