So Special

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.  Psalm 139:13-14

This week, I have been going through ‘Strengths’ training.  This is not in the sense of bar bells and weightlifting sense.  It is along the lines of understanding my own abilities that are unique from others, and where others’ abilities are more readily visible to me as well.  It has been incredibly eye opening because in as much as I gain clarity on my own uniqueness, I begin to marvel at the amazing abilities of others not only at work but also at church and even home.  It gives me more assurance of God’s infinite wisdom of why He made us this way.

We were made special by God intentionally.  Last week, I spoke about God being quite simply enough.  This week, I am compelled to focus on why you are special.  It is not special in the sense that society has brought out the need to be above all in a promoted ‘look at me’ self.  More so, it is in the sense that God gifted us with special abilities to share with the world.  We are uniquely and perfectly made by God in His image.  Now the obvious question most would ask is if we are perfectly made, why are we not perfect?  Some would say sin, but I believe it goes further than that.  If we were perfect, who would we need?  No one.  Not just God.  We would not need each other, and if we did not have people around us who have perfect gifts that complement those things we do well, how incomplete would our lives be?

God makes us perfect.  Not in the sense of we are perfect.  Instead through Jesus Christ, we are perfected.  A devotional I read last week encouraged me to act on the grace God gave us and do something.  Let me add to that asking that we do something with the gifts God gave us to further His Kingdom.  What are your spiritual gifts?  How can you better channel them to do His will?  My prayer is that we are humbled knowing to God we are so special.  Amen.