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By Pastor Joseph Prince
A present is a
precious stone in the eyes of its possessor; wherever he turns, he prospers.
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When we see something mouldy, we throw
it away. But when Alexander Fleming saw his culture dishes contaminated with
mold, he discovered penicillin. You see, he had a gift which prospered him.
Joseph, a Hebrew slave in Egypt, had
nothing except his gift of interpreting dreams. But look at what that gift did
for him. It prospered him. He interpreted Pharaoh’s dream and became the most
powerful man in Egypt after Pharaoh. (Genesis 41)
“But Pastor Prince, what if I don’t
have any gift?”
My friend, don’t let anyone tell you
that you don’t have any gift. God has given each person a gift which can open
doors of opportunities and bring in great blessings.
Maybe you are just not aware of that
gift you have inside you, or perhaps it has profited you nothing thus far as
you have not found out how best to use it. You need to take your gift and ask
God for wisdom to cultivate it until it becomes such a powerful tool or
“precious stone” that wherever you turn, you prosper.
This was the case with a church
brother who was tremendously gifted in the creative arts. For a long time, he
lacked the confidence and boldness to leave the security of his police job and
step out on his own. But when he began to seek God’s wisdom for his situation,
God gave him boldness to leave his job and go back to school to pursue the
creative arts. In school, he prospered, becoming one of its top students and
impressing the principal so much with his creative gift that he was offered a teaching
position in the school even before he graduated.
Now, please don’t go and quit your job
after reading this. What you should do is ask God for wisdom regarding your
gift. For when the wisdom of God is added to your gift, that gift becomes “a
precious stone in the eyes of its possessor; wherever he turns, he prospers”.
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