Volume 01, Issue 48: Do the Things You Can Do Well

In addition to what you love to do, there are things that you are naturally good at, things that come easy to you. Each of us has abilities that we were born with. These are our natural talent endowments. The Bible says that God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. Some people have natural athletic abilities; other people are good at sciences while others are good at arts. Some are good at cooking, some at music, some at other forms of entertaining, some at organizing, some at mathematics, and interesting enough, some people are good at talking. There are thousands of abilities among us, hence the reason we each perform at different professions, putting to work different abilities as bestowed upon us by our Maker.

We were interested in different subjects in school and college, which then led to our different careers in the work place. Based on our unique abilities, some of us are administrators, some doctors, some accountants, some artistic designers, some mechanics, some programmers, yet still, others have the ability to build businesses, make deals and sales. The list is endless.

Are you in the right profession, using your God-given abilities, or are you pretending to be someone else, doing a job you loathe because the abilities required are not in you? Our abilities are important to God and he desires that we make use of them. When he wanted to make the Tabernacle and the utensils of worship, God provided artists and craftsmen who had the skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of crafts to make artistic designs. He is still in the business of bestowing abilities for specific tasks today.

Each of us has dozens of untapped, unrecognized, and unutilized abilities that are lying dormant within us. When I learnt that the human brain can store 100 trillion facts, it freed my mind to start doing things I thought I couldn’t manage. You are a bundle of incredible abilities, an amazing creation of God. There’s a place where your specialties can shine and you can make a difference. Find that place and put your abilities to use.

What you are able to do, God wants you to do. Examine what you are good at. Your capabilities are a match for your purpose. Your abilities were not given just to make a living but to fulfill your life’s purpose as well. Whatever you are good at, do it excellently, and it will provide a platform for you to serve before great men.

Lillian Chebosi