And the difference is...

As a young singer in the making the only avenue to use my growing talent was the church. I sang in competitions as a soloist, part of a duet and in the choir. But what about my other gifts? I love drama, I love photography. I love interior and fashion design and I'm pretty good at all of them. Are there though avenues in the church provided for us to use our other talents. Not only to use them in ministry to make a living. Will these gifts make away for us. And when I speak of these gifts that don't have to be what I mentioned before. They can be any different and peculiar gifting that you have. It is taught that your gift is for ministry and everything else u do by the way side is a job. Something you do on the side to make a living. I ca assure you that if I get stuck working a normal nine to five I would go crazy.If I don't love it, it will never be done to the best of my ability.  My passion lies in the arts and I plan on using it not only for ministry but to make a way for me. I believe the different gifting that I have are to help unsaved persons come to know God.  If i don't work with them, doing what I am passionate about how will I reach them. How do we reach them if we continue to exist in the bubble the church has created for us. We do not venture out into the unknown because we are comfortable where we are at. Well I am not. I am different and so are my gifting.  I will not sit down on them or use the strictly in the church. I want to show singers how they can minister as oppose to sing. I want to teach them the truth about God by teaching them about purpose. The purpose of music and helping them to understand that they have purpose. I want to show the dramatist and dancers the importance of doing what they do in a Spirit of excellence and show them how powerful and influential they are. I want to teach them how to use their use this influence for the glorification of the Most High God. I want to teach them how to make a difference in this world. I want to show the gang member who sings on the block how fulfilling it it to minister through his music.  I want to teach the prostitute that through her drama she can be somebody and do something with her life that she can be proud of. I just want to use the arts to lift Jesus higher. What are you different and peculiar gifting? Are they understood? Are they being used? God gave you these talents. Are you going to multiply them or bury them until he returns?

The Joy of our Salvation

During or walk with Jesus, we often get to a point where we believe we are at a stand still. We believe that we are no longer making a difference and we have failed in someway. Our passion and fire for God and doing the work of the Lord is stifled by the church 'protocol' and sometimes by even the leadership.  What do we do when we get there? What do we do when we feel like there is nothing else we can do? What do we do? We seek the face of God and ask him to renew a right Spirit within us. We ask God for the joy of oursalvation back. We ask God to give us the fire again and we ask God to show us how to use it. It is only God that can teach us how to use the giftes he has placed within us. For to long we have allowed persons and situations to steal our joy. No More! Enough is enough! God is not a God that can be defeated and I am His child so I refuse to accept defeat. God is Great and all powerful and he has the ability to restore unto me the Joy of my salvation. So what's it gonna be? Are we gonna stay in defeat or are we going to take back what the enemy has stolen from us/ Your choice?