When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org

VI. The Skillful Employment of Our Gifts
Gifts may be increased, and by the exercise or use of them, we become more skillful in their
employment. In the parable of the talents, one man increased his five talents to ten. In the parable
of the pounds, each servant received just one pound, but one servant increased his pound to ten.
Everyone should pray much along the line of his gift, then study along the same line to qualify for
the line of his calling. We should not become careless, or take an indifferent attitude as though it
were not our concern, but only the concern of the Holy Spirit, and if He wants to use us and bless
us He may do so. Every person called should try to secure the best training along the line of his
calling. To illustrate this truth: Let everyone called to be a missionary qualify himself to the best of
his own ability for the field to which he is called. In almost every case, every recipient of a call
knows the field in which he is to labor. The thing to do is to study his Bible well, become a qualified
speaker, make a study of the country where he is going, the geography, climate, industries, and
language. He should prepare himself as though everything depended on his preparation, then he
should study as though everything depended on his studying, and he should work as though his
success depended on his working, then he should pray as though his success depended entirely on
his praying, then believe God as though everything depended on his faith and God's undertaking.
When all of these steps are taken, God will do His part and that person will become a success in the
line of his calling. When a person is called to become an evangelist, he should do all he can to help
the Lord in that calling. In doing so, he should study and secure those books which will make him
more efficient, then pray and depend on the Holy Spirit to make him successful. Everyone called to
be a pastor should diligently study the Bible, take courses in Bible exposition, theology, homiletics,
pastoral theology, Sunday school work, and those subjects which will make him efficient and qualify
him for the pastoral office. And so with every line of the Lord's work. The person called should give
himself fully to his calling and strive to do his best with the help of the Lord to become a success,
to become more skillful in the employment of his gift, that he may become a greater blessing.
VII. The Holy Spirit Blesses the Exercise of Our Gifts
The Holy Spirit knows what gift He has given us and will bless us in the exercise of that gift. We
may always receive the blessing of God upon our labors and lives when we are obedient to our
calling. It has been well said, "The promises of God hang over the purposes of God." When we are
in the purpose of God, we may by faith appropriate the fulfillment of the promises of God upon our
efforts because there is promised to us sufficient grace and faith for the exercise of our gifts. It is our
privilege and God's will that we shall specialize in the line of our calling, and specialize in our
prayers for special success.
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