Embracing Talents

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

Alan Cohen 

Ever meet an extremely talented individual that will not operate in their passion? The potential shows all around them, an undeniable glow that overwhelms anyone who enters their presence.  It is frustrating as an outsider looking in to not give into the urge of telling them to “Go” because of a dominating desire to see the manifestation of their excellence.  Sometimes this person is ourselves, and it can be equally consuming pushing ourselves out of the rut or needing to live in our vision.  

But what keeps us, or those with this stifled potential, bound and wondering in dream deferred limbo?  Fear. Doubt. Low Confidence. Lack of Vision. Honestly, any number of excuses or obstacles we allow to be a crutch and to discourage us from walking in our light. We will spend far more energy trying to avoid and reject the very thing that would make us soar than we would if we surrendered to our inner call. 

The season of epiphany is about revealing to the world what God has called us to do and establish further who we are called to be.  When Jesus was baptized it was a confirmation of the role. Once he chose to walk in it, the heavens and earth responded to the declaration.  This process of submission, a complete reliance on the Holy Spirit made it possible for not only the mission to come forward, but blessings for those meeting and surrounding him on his journey.  

We cannot reap the benefits of what is sown until we make a conscious decision to surrender to the talents with which we've been blessed. We cannot move out of our holding pattern, those déjà vu moments unless we embrace the will for our lives.  We cannot manifest the full calling on our lives without first accepting who we are and what lies within.

Consider making a renewed commitment to your path and releasing the innermost vision and talents.  Walk toward them.  Watch what happens next.