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“He said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for.” – Mark 1:38
Tiger Woods was 3 years old when he first played golf. The inherent desire to win, the competitive spirit, the love of the game and the challenge of learning everything there was to know about golf drove him to become undoubtedly one of the greatest golfers ever. He knew from a very early age what his passion was, what his talent was and he used that gifted talent to excel at that one thing.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing at the age of 5 years old. From the age of 3 he demonstrated an inherent knowledge of music, the ability to finger chords and memorize melodies were demonstrated while watching his sister would take piano lessons. His father recognized his unique gift and helped him by writing down the music that Mozart would play at such a young age. Throughout the span of his 35 year life, he was driven to perfection in the realm of music because it was within him, and he often struggled with his inability to deliver the perfection within his head to the pages.
Why do I bring up these two child prodigies?
Each of us have God given talents, gifts from the Father of all creation. That passion that is deep within you, the desire to do something bigger, something more meaningful is not there by accident. It is there because that is who God created you to be, and the likely scenario is that you aren’t using it. Certainly a prodigy is a rare example of someone who early on in life grabs ahold of their unique gift and talent, and commits their entire life to it. Although, we can’t go back and start over, the gift has never left you. It is still within your heart, your mind and it is completely yours to grab ahold of and execute on.
Jesus was not a prodigy, He was the Son of God. He was created by the very spirit of God and born of a virgin into this world. The blood that ran through his veins was perfectly righteous, holy and pure; from the Father above. The very first recorded words from Jesus Christ are in Luke 2:49, “And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” He was 12 years old, sitting in the Synagogue with the teachers, doing what His Father had called Him to do. God’s plan of salvation was clear from the moment this boy was born in Bethlehem to the day 33 years later that He died and rose again from the tomb in Jerusalem.
As Jesus traveled around Judea and Galilee, He preached of salvation, repentance and the Kingdom at hand. He performed miracles, healings and cast out demons. His purpose was well understood from the moment of His birth, but it had now become the time to put it into action. Regardless of your age, you have a calling on your life that is so much bigger than what you are doing today. You may have ignored it, you may question how to enact upon it and you may have fears about pursuing it; this doesn’t make it any less real, it only prolongs the benefits that will come from it. So many people, no – most people go to their grave having never pursued the God given purpose in their life out of fear, lack of understanding or simple rebellion against the Creator Himself. Don’t be that person. Seek the passion that God has placed within you and use every waking moment of your life on this earth to pursue it. Greatness will come from it, greatness for the Kingdom that is.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing at the age of 5 years old. From the age of 3 he demonstrated an inherent knowledge of music, the ability to finger chords and memorize melodies were demonstrated while watching his sister would take piano lessons. His father recognized his unique gift and helped him by writing down the music that Mozart would play at such a young age. Throughout the span of his 35 year life, he was driven to perfection in the realm of music because it was within him, and he often struggled with his inability to deliver the perfection within his head to the pages.
Why do I bring up these two child prodigies?
Each of us have God given talents, gifts from the Father of all creation. That passion that is deep within you, the desire to do something bigger, something more meaningful is not there by accident. It is there because that is who God created you to be, and the likely scenario is that you aren’t using it. Certainly a prodigy is a rare example of someone who early on in life grabs ahold of their unique gift and talent, and commits their entire life to it. Although, we can’t go back and start over, the gift has never left you. It is still within your heart, your mind and it is completely yours to grab ahold of and execute on.
Jesus was not a prodigy, He was the Son of God. He was created by the very spirit of God and born of a virgin into this world. The blood that ran through his veins was perfectly righteous, holy and pure; from the Father above. The very first recorded words from Jesus Christ are in Luke 2:49, “And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” He was 12 years old, sitting in the Synagogue with the teachers, doing what His Father had called Him to do. God’s plan of salvation was clear from the moment this boy was born in Bethlehem to the day 33 years later that He died and rose again from the tomb in Jerusalem.
As Jesus traveled around Judea and Galilee, He preached of salvation, repentance and the Kingdom at hand. He performed miracles, healings and cast out demons. His purpose was well understood from the moment of His birth, but it had now become the time to put it into action. Regardless of your age, you have a calling on your life that is so much bigger than what you are doing today. You may have ignored it, you may question how to enact upon it and you may have fears about pursuing it; this doesn’t make it any less real, it only prolongs the benefits that will come from it. So many people, no – most people go to their grave having never pursued the God given purpose in their life out of fear, lack of understanding or simple rebellion against the Creator Himself. Don’t be that person. Seek the passion that God has placed within you and use every waking moment of your life on this earth to pursue it. Greatness will come from it, greatness for the Kingdom that is.
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