Are You Making the Most of EVERYTHING that you Have? | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist and founder of John Gifta International.

0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

0:49 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for the Soul with John gift Up podcast. We don't want to ask you this question today. Are you making the most of everything that God has given you? I want to start off by sharing a scripture with you that I really really look up to and I believe it's going to be a great blessing to you. It is found in Proverbs twelve, verse twenty seven, and this is how it says in the NLT version, the lazy don't even cook the game they catch, but the diligion make use of everything they find.

1:19 Speaker 2: Isn't this such an important task or a challenge for each one of us? That you know, the lazy people they have things that they have in their hands, but they're not even using what is given to them. Whereas the Bible goes on to say, but the diligion make use of everything they find. They make use of the resources, their time, the connections, their gifts, their qualifications, their background, every aspect of their life. They make the most of them. Because the Bible is very clear, right when when you look at colloss for five, or even in the Book of Tessalonians, it says that you need to make of me the most of the time that God has given you, or another translation it says, you need to make the most of the opportunities that are given to you.

2:07 Speaker 2: Because the days are evil. You have to understand that, you know, we are living in sinful times. We're living in evil times. We're living in a very wicked world and in a generation that's trying to be away from God as much as possible. And we need to be cautious that we make use of everything that we find to the benefit of the Kingdom of God. Today, my challenge to each one of you under the sound of my voice. Is are you living from that place where you know without a shot of a doubt that you're using everything that God has given you, every connection and resource, to the best of your ability.

2:43 Speaker 2: See, I'm not asking you to manipulate across the line or do something that's not called of God. But I'm asking you to use what you have, use everything within your capacity so that you can use it to the extension of God's kingdom. One of the problems is sometimes in a place where people want to stay humble. Okay, for example, you know, they are reluctant to share everything that they have. But yes, the thing God has given you those things not for you to keep them within yours within you, but rather to share it so that you can use that to build the kingdom of God.

3:17 Speaker 2: For example, when you see in the scripture, you know it says like this that, you know, let people see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven. Okay, Now, for instance, let's take a practical example from my life. Right when the podcast started ranking up the charts, there were people who said, don't talk about the podcast ranking up the charts. That's being proud. Just don't talk about the numbers. Just continue to do your work now. Yes, the thing right, I don't use the podcasts the ranking aspect of it for my personal gain to just say, you know, I look who I am, to be proud and all of that.

3:52 Speaker 2: But my heart is the reason I share it is when I share that my podcast is stop ranking, it makes people to pay attention to what I've got to say, and more people to go out and listen to what I've got to say. And for some of the guests that I invite on the podcast, the fact that it's stop ranking, the fact that I have these ranks and these charts and these you know what you call that like, you know, all these screenshots, it gives credibility to them that, you know what, this guy's not bluffing, but he is serious.

4:24 Speaker 2: And that's what causes them to come and be on the podcast. And not only that, you know, there are some other opportunities that have come my way or are coming my way because of those rankings and things like that, which if I had kept quiet about it, people would not know. You know, you get what I'm saying. It's a practical thing here. You know, I'm not saying go from a place where you're just trumpeting into the whole world. But what I'm saying is every detail of your life, you know, use it to build God's kingdom.

4:57 Speaker 2: You know, when you think about David, he defeated the lion and the bear. Right when he got a chance to defeat Goliath, what happened. He didn't go and prove himself to his helder brother was putting him down, you know, he said, why are you doing your get laws? You know, he was putting him down in front of everybody. David didn't go and tell him, hey, do you know who I am? I have defeated the lion and the bear. David did not tell that to Iliab. But when King Saw asked David, what are you saying? You know you are a young fellow, how are you going to defeat Goliath?

5:36 Speaker 2: David said, well, I have defeated the lion and the bear, so I can handle you see. It was not like he was being proud, but he made use of every aspect of his life to tell him so that he can get that opportunity, kind of like how I use the podcast ranking to get an opportunity. You know, that can be a greater blessing that can build the Kingdom of God. Eventually you get an I'm saying right. That's the challenge I want to leave with you guys today. Don't hide the blessings of God upon your life. Don't keep it hunder don't just think that you know what, If I share it, it means I'm not being It means I'm being proud.

6:13 Speaker 2: No no, no, no no no. If David shared it with his brother, that means he was trying to prove himself, like you know, or who are you to tell me I've defeated the lion in the back. But the fact that he shared it with King Saul says that his focus was not sharing it to be proud or to prove himself. He shared it together opportunity. And that's the way I want you to have the perspective where you share the things that the Lord has done, that you will not just keep the light of God upon your life hidden, but rather allow it to shine in and through your life so that you can be a greater blessing today.

6:50 Speaker 2: Amen, that's my challenge to you, and I will see you back in the next episode. God bless you.

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