"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness…"
Romans 8:26
George Herman Ruth, also known as Babe Ruth, played major league baseball from 1914-1935. He started his career as a pitcher for the Red Sox but later became known as the famous New York Yankees "Bambino Slugger." During the 1923 season, he broke the record for most home runs, slamming 60 of them right over the fence. He also broke the record for the highest batting average that year. But what most people do not know is that during this same season, he also struck out more than any other player in Major League Baseball. Yet, people don't remember him for his strikeouts; they remember him for being the record-breaking home run hitter. He was such a skilled batter that no one focused on his strikeouts.
The impact of your strengths will far outweigh your weaknesses. We can see this in numerous Bible examples of men mightily used of God:
Moses had difficulty controlling his emotions. He killed an Egyptian guard and ran away to the desert. But we remember him as the great liberator of the people of Israel.
David took for himself the wife of one of his soldiers and committed second-degree murder. But we remember him most for killing Goliath.
Peter denied the Lord publicly three times. However, we don't remember him for that. We remember him for his message on the Day of Pentecost.
All these men had weaknesses and failures, but the key to their final success was repenting wholeheartedly from their sins, overcoming their shortcomings, rebuilding their strengths through the power of the Holy Ghost, and moving forward to accomplish their God-planned destiny.
Your legacy is not about what you did not do well. It is about what you did do well.
The questions we have to ask ourselves are:
- What has God called me to do?
- What do I do well?
- What are my strengths?
- How do I make the most significant difference?
To find out your strengths, ask yourself these four questions:
1. What Are You Passionate About?
You must connect your skills with your passions.
What do you read about, think about, and inquire about?
What keeps you up at night because you can't get it off your mind?
These insights will help you identify your true passions and link them to your skills to produce a record-breaking impact. In Leonardo da Vinci's words, "[w]here the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art."
2. Where Have You Succeeded in The Past?
When identifying your strengths, don't focus on endeavors you had intended but haven't yet pursued. Focus on the ones you have successfully achieved. What tasks, events, programs, or opportunities have you excelled in? A track record in a particular area typically signals an underlying strength because you will naturally excel where you have the required skills, not where you lack them, irrespective of the size of the endeavor.
3. What Comes Easily To You?
We are intuitively strong in specific areas. A great indicator of your strengths is when you can quickly pick up a new skill or accomplish assignments efficiently. What comes easily to you? What do you accomplish faster than anyone else? What do you inherently know faster than others? In what area do you feel that "Holy Ghost pull" guiding your decision-making?
4. What Do You Make Better?
When you are strong in a given area, you unequivocally create an impact.
To evaluate your giftedness in a domain, see if you make it bigger or smaller. Highly gifted individuals will take a project and add to it vs. subtract from it. They will tend to be more thorough in the execution than average. What do you do that seems to be better once you get a hold of it?
If you want to raise your influence, you have to operate in your strength zone. Discover it, develop it, and discipline yourself to leverage it.
Have a blessed week
Pastor (Rev. Elias Limones)
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