A Really Limited Skill Set
It has been a hectic fall in the Conlee household. Much change and rearranging has occurred as we welcomed my mother-in-law into our home. Last night, all 5 of us were actually home at the same time, sitting around the dinner table. What was my son's first remark? "The potatoes have definitely been upgraded."I could have been offended if I’d wanted to take it critically. But what would be the point? He didn’t mean it that way and he was right. Her mashed potatoes are definitely an improvement over mine!Just 14 hours later, I was meeting with several members of our church who have all come together to help us produce a video curriculum of Miss Perfect – a Bible study on biblical womanhood that I wrote with Chris Kuhlman a couple of years ago. A producer, a videographer, a lighting specialist, and two amazingly creative designers, stood in a refurbished space that was donated for us to use as our location for the shoot.As each person contributed his or her thoughts relative to their experience and expertise, a plan materialized for the upcoming project. After all the strategizing was complete, the only things truly lacking were a teaching table and some brighter clothing than my neutral wardrobe can currently offer. About an hour later, the two designers sent a picture to me of a pedestal table that was the wrong color and the wrong size. However, by the time they whitewash it and have someone rebuild the top, it will be exactly what we need at exactly the right price. In a million years, I never would have been able to imagine what they were able to see in that piece of furniture.The last 24 hours have reminded me that God does not mean for us to work or walk alone. Have you considered that you might need other people in order to obey God?Why are we so reluctant to admit that? Why are we so stubborn and constantly trying to prove to ourselves that we can do it all? I'm as guilty as anyone of trying to be self-sufficient. Yet I walked away humbled that all of these talented people are donating their time to help Highpoint produce a resource to help other women. It is such a beautiful picture of the body of Christ.My skill set is very limited. In just this project alone, I can't design the set, I can't do the lighting, I can't even pick out my clothes or trust myself to put on eye shadow correctly, for crying out loud! Yet I sense the Lord wants me to teach these truths in such a way that I can help other women embrace who God made them to be, too.I ask for your prayers as we move forward with this project. I also ask you to consider:
- What has God called you to do?
Maybe the task seems too big for you. It very well might be. But before we say we can't do it, we must be willing to see if God is providing other people to come alongside us in order for us to be able to use our gifts to accomplish a greater purpose than our own project.
- Where do you knock yourself down?
Who cares if you can't make great mashed potatoes? Or dance? Or create cute stuff? Or run a marathon? Or keep up with whatever comparison is set before you? Embrace what you love to do and look for a way that your gifting can be used to help honor the Lord when put alongside other people’s gifts.I’d love to hear, what big thing God has put on your heart that you don’t know how to make happen… twitter | facebook