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Working What You Know
1 Chronicles 28:3
A very important principle for life is taught in this verse when David was forbidden from building a house for God. The reason why God would not let David build him a house is because he was a "man of war." It was not that David was a warrior, but God knew that David was better at fighting battles than building temples. David's knowledge of building a house for God was not his expertise. For David to build a house for God would be out of the area for which God had made him. One of the biggest mistakes that many people make is that they pursue things for which they were not made. My good friend, Dr. Russell Anderson, constantly tells people about business, "Work what you know, and know what you work." Often people try to go into a business that they know nothing about and end up financially ruining themselves. Likewise, often people try pursuing something that they know nothing about only to waste a portion of their life and get sidetracked from doing what God wants them to do. God gave you some talent at which you are very good. God gave you that talent to use for Him. God never gives us something for the purpose of wasting it on ourselves; He always gives us something so we can use it for Him. Christian, whatever talent God has given you, use it to serve Him. It is selfish and wrong to use it for your gain and not for God's service. Though God is not against you using it for yourself, the primary purpose of your talent is to serve Him. Furthermore, be careful about getting sidetracked in areas where you have no knowledge. Don't waste your life and talent on things that will pull you away from doing what God created you to do. You will find the greatest satisfaction in life by doing that for which you were created. One of the greatest lures Satan uses to get you away from serving God is to get you to pursue something for which God did not create you. What you pursue may not be bad, but you are to stay in God's will for your life. It is in God's will where you will find true satisfaction. Be careful to stay in the areas that you know, and work those areas, for that is where you will accomplish the most in your life. |