Your Talent Not For Competition

Matthew 25:14-15 KJV

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

From the above scripture, we see the master giving out talent according to there own abilities. The key word there is "to every man according to his several ability". The master was not looking for competition, but he needed them to work together each according to his strength thereby complementing each other's weaknesses.

Let's relate this to music and other parts of our lives. We all have different talents in the display, different persons uniquely empowered with his/her vocal strength to deliver to his/her unique audience. The truth is that this was intentional by the creator (God), not for competition rather for support, blending, and working together to achieve our creator's goal which is to draw us to Himself.

When we arm ourselves with this knowledge, we will live a relaxed life. We won't be carried away by other people, rather we will appreciate everyone with great talent.

Remember we're not in competition, we're all here serving God's people with our talent.

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