Finding your God-given Gifts

I believe that everyone has been given special gifts and a purpose. The gifts we have been given are blessings we are to share with others and enhance our purpose. How can we find our gifts? Some persons may have been blessed enough to have received the support from family or teachers to help their gifts blossom. Others were not so lucky. When we are born into a family and culture, some gifts are brushing against walls of do's and don'ts. Examples of barriers range all genders, races, and faiths.

One example would be that religious persons may find dance a sin, yet their child may have the gift of dance. Others may have been belittled causing that person to hide their gift. Alternatively, maybe your parents hated bugs in their house and therefore did not let you study insects. An ultra rational father may have no interest in a child's visions or even worry if he should take the child to a psychiatrist. In some instances, the very gender of the person seems to stand in the way because of the mindset of acceptability assigned to male and female persons.

It is never too late to rediscovers one's gifts. Even if you did not have the support system emotionally or financially, you can find your God-given gifts. God-given gifts are the tools to our life purpose. These gifts, even if they have lain dormant for many years, are within us all our lives ready to be rediscovered and be used. There is no question that it will take some time to dig them back up, to nurture them, and perfect them. However, it is our duty to ourselves and those around us, to discover or rediscover them. These gifts have a reason for existing. Someone may need them in order to develop their own gifts. All God-given gifts exist to make a better humanity.

There have been several tests developed to find one's gifts, tests to find one's spiritual gifts, and aptitude tests for various abilities. Some are as simple as the COPES testing offered in schools to identify your interests. Your interests are usually a significant map towards identifying your gift. If you go online, you will find a large array of such tests. Be careful and research which are valid and which are free. If they cost something, make sure they are worth it. The problem is that these tests can put you into a box. It is unfortunate that they are now misused in some instances to evaluate potential employees. True they can weed out those who have little interest in the job, but that also eliminates the capable worker. I think they are also creating barriers we have no right to create. We are always learning something new, maybe even something we are not good at in order to expand our horizon. Do not take all the information as if it was engraved in stone; understand who you are while you seek.

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How else can we discover or rediscover our gifts?

1. One way is to try to remember what you liked to play as a child. Children often play things that foreshadow their special purpose and gifts. What were your favorite toys? My son drew roadmaps, and house plans, he built with blocks for hours on end, arranged rows of cars and build bridges. Now he is an architect.
2. A question you may ask is what did you dream as a child or youth of becoming? Those dreams will give a hint of your gifts and purpose.
3. Was there a burning interest you had when you were young?
4. Are there things different about you; could these differences be hidden gifts? There may be gifts, which are annoying to others; those are the hardest ones to continue sharing. For example, one may have the gift of evaluation. This gift shows itself as having an uncanny ability to size up a situation very quickly. Somehow, you get a bigger picture of things others cannot. That gift can be annoying to others, because prophetic statements are often scary. Some gift's function is to afflict the comfortable.
5. Try to experiment in the arts or learning instruments. One is never too old to experiment; one is never too old to discover gifts. One option is going back to school. What subject peaks your interest? Some gifts may need additional training so that they can blossom.
6. Surrender yourself into God's presence, pray for your gifts to be revealed. Once God reveals your gift or gifts, you will feel joy and purpose. You will feel renewed. Nothing can stand in your way to what you have been called to accomplish.
7. Use the special meditation I was given, which will help you find special interests and gifts that lie deep within. If you don't feel you have a gift or seem to receive no answer in your prayer, this meditation might just help you to find the hidden. These meditations will also help confirm the outcome of tests or help you question them and possibly give you more clarity.

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