Your Season

“There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1).

There is a season for everything and God is always on time. God has plans with what we are to occupy our time with, “the God-given tasks” for our lives. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-10). He is never early and never late. In this season God wants to activate a prophetic gift in your life. We are fertile soil for God to plant his seeds of blessing. For he will activate His prophetic vision for our lives, but first, we must have faith. This post is about prophetic gifts that lead to understanding divine purposes and problem-solving anointings. In the next post, I go into detail about how I came to find mine.

While a physical gift is tangible and given by family, friends, and acquaintances, God’s gift to us is intangible. Your gift is what distinguishes you from the crowd and can even bring you before great men and women. A person is not limited to only one gift. God has made some people custodians of many gifts. That is why we find some displaying exceptional skills and abilities in different areas of life. 

How To Discover Your Gift? 

Everyone has a gift. It might yet be discovered, but it is somewhere deep down in you, waiting to be explored. Everything you need is already inside you.

Some people are lucky enough to have discovered what they are really good at early enough and start using them, while others will have to do a little more digging before they would be able to strike the gold buried in them.

You can use some of these proven ways to discover your gift if you are one of those struggling to find or identify it. Here are three of them: 

1. Ask God 

He is your creator. He knows you better than anybody else. He even knows you more than you know yourself. He knows the gifts, talents, and abilities he has ingrained in your DNA that will distinguish you from everyone else. So, go on your knees in prayers and humbly ask Him why you’ve been created. Ask for God for your purpose and he will reveal it to you (Matthew 7:7). 

2. Ask Yourself

This step is crucial in discovering your gift. Seek a moment of quiet introspection. Look inwards and ask yourself serious questions like, what is my passion? What do you I really enjoy doing and would mind not being paid for it? What do people appreciate me for the most? What problems do people always bring to me to solve? If you sincerely answer these questions, you’ll discover one or more gifts God has given you. 

3. Ask People

Sometimes people, especially your loved ones, know you more than you know yourself, or they see in you what you cannot see in yourself. So, they can know your strengths and weaknesses and point them to you if you ask them. So, take a moment and discuss with your parents, siblings, and friends and ask them to identify what they believe you are really good at. Their answers might be a light-bulb moment for you and provide the clue you’ve been looking for.

Cultivating Your Gift 

Your gifts are naturally in a raw and unrefined state. Therefore, you need constant practice to refine your gifts and hone your skills. The place of diligence and hard work cannot be overemphasized when it comes to mastering the gift God has given to you. Gifts and talents are simply not enough. What makes gifts meaningful and worthy of being rewarded is the level of mastery you have over it. Think of your gift like raw and unrefined gold still covered in dirt. At this stage, it is valuable but not as gold that has passed through fire and the skillful hands of a goldsmith. Your gift can only be valuable to you and society if you practice and master it. Without practice, your gift will not be valuable enough. Practice boosts performance, and performance boosts reward. 

What Your Gift Does 

“A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.”

Proverbs 18:16 (KJV)

Your gift does two things according to Proverbs 18:16. First, it creates room for you, and second, it brings you before great men. Kindly note that only the gift that has been cultivated can produce these two results. 

1. Your Gift Creates a Room For You. 

Creating a room means creating a space where you will function here on earth. It means your gift creates opportunities for you to do something meaningful as your contribution to the furtherance of humanity. It also means your gift creates a platform for you to make your mark on the sands of time by being a solution provider to the problems troubling your community, nation, or the world at large. Because your gift is special and unique to you, the room it will create will be the one only you fit into. You will be a round peg in a round hole because you will possess the qualifications to thrive in the space you are in. When you are in the room your gift creates for you, you will flourish and prosper easily. The things people struggle with will come naturally to you. 

Think of David and Goliath. Only David could kill him. And he used tools he already had instead of something out of his element. David was successful because he did not try to be like everyone else. 

Therefore, you owe yourself the obligation to not only discover your gift but to know if the room you’re occupying synchronizes with your giftings. 

2. Your Gift Brings You Before Great Men

The second thing your gift does is to bring you before great men. This means that a gift that has been refined and perfected can elevate you to the highest point of life. It does not matter the social status’ level or how highly placed you are in your current position. There are certain people God has placed above you to bless you because of your gift. These are the great men and women of this world. 

Your gift is like a ladder; you utilize it to climb up to where great and influential people are, and once you get there, they will offer you much more value in exchange for your skills and talents. 

Your gift will open for you the door to the palace, where you will wine and dine with the king and be rewarded with great treasures for what you offer. 

A king here does not necessarily mean a man sitting on a large throne, putting on a big golden crown adorned with a flowing robe while holding a scepter in his hand. Kings refer to influential, wealthy, and rich people who can afford to pay you what you really are worth. They are industry gatekeepers. They hold the keys to inner chambers where only a few are allowed to enter.  The passport you need to access these inner rooms where great men and women are is your gift. Your gift is the special license that permits you to go inside. 

Afterthought
God loves diligent people. Proverbs 22:29 confirms that a man who is diligent in handling his gift will stand before kings and not ordinary men.

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Special thanks to God and Pastor Jerry Flowers because of whom DivinePurpose blog exists today.