“Need or Gift?”

A few years back I was involved in heading up a significant project. I was well able to do it and excited to be involved. However, I found myself met with many frustrations both internal and external with no real solution in sight. After the project I spent a good deal of time reflecting. Reflecting on the mistakes I made, on the things that could have been different, and on how to do it better the next time. In my reflection, I was wise enough to seek God and heard Him clearly tell me: "Just because you can do this job does not mean that you should." I have remembered that and applied it to many things that I set out to do and I frequently have asked myself "should" I do this? Interestingly, over the last six months or so I have felt this truth being revived within me only now to a greater degree. Now, I am hearing the Lord tell me that I need to move out of the "need" and into my "gifts." My husband and I have spent considerable time seeking God on this topic and even in the midst of what God is speaking to us personally I sense Him speaking this to the Body as a whole. We have spent too much time doing what "needed" to be done. Yes, there is a season where this is required of us, but I believe it to be a short season of fulfilling the "need" before God moves you into your "gift." Too often I see people getting stuck in the "need." Maybe due to fear – will anyone take my place if I step out of this area? Maybe due to a false sense of security – if I step out I am moving into unknown territory… I can only say this because I have contemplated these thoughts and have been the one who stays in the "need" longer than I was supposed to. I do believe we are in the season where every gift needs to be operational! God is calling His anointed to enter into their anointing. You and I are God's anointed! Now is the time to use your gifts that God gave you. Now is the time for each of us to be perfectly positioned to build the Kingdom and see His Glory come. We are people of faith, right? Why do we not trust God to fill the areas of need with those that are gifted for it? As each of us step out of the need and trust God, as each one takes their gifted position, I believe that all the "needs" will automatically be filled. Don't we serve a God that is big enough to cover every area? I believe that God gave gifts to His children so that they would be operational and be used to build the body of Christ! Let's step out of the "need" and into our "gift"!