4Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. 5Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.
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I read this verse this morning in my study time. It hit me so hard that I had to read it a few times. This verse is telling us to make a careful exploration of who I am. Just this first part of the verse speaks volumes and answers a question I know some people struggle with constantly--you know the big question, "Who am I?" Well it may not be that dramatic, it is something some people wonder. What this verse says to me is that it is okay to not know who we are deep down, it is okay to not know what we have been called to. That is the purpose of the exploration--to find the answers to those questions. In the search for who we are along the way we will encounter what we are here for. We have all been called each according to our gifts it says in the bible. But its okay not to just naturally know what those gifts are straight away. When we were growing up we were asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. We most likely had an answer depending on whatever we were currently
infatuated with. When we were in high school we were told it was okay to not know what career path we wanted to pursue when we graduated because that was what the first two years of college were for--to find out what what we were good at and had an affinity for. We were sent out to college in essence to find ourselves.
I know just the first part of this verse could do so much good for a lot of people who struggle to find their place in the kingdom of God and His body. It is okay to not know where and in what capacity you should be serving. It is okay to explore and to see where you fit best, where you can do and be your best. We are told that once we find that place we are to sink ourself in to that work. It will be easy to do so because it will feel like we are at home.
What it is not okay to do is to do nothing. We can't just sit idly by and wait for the big banner in the sky to tell us what we were created for and what our purpose in the world is. That doesn't take any exploration at all.
If you haven't already go make a careful exploration of yourself and what work you have been called to.
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing
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