27
Feb
2008
Your Platform
Have you ever had the opportunity to watch a show at a theatre, pantomime or maybe a school play. You get to watch a performance of a person/group of people as they shine in a role that highlights their true giftings and abilities.
If I were to get up on that stage and try to fit myself into the performance I would stick out like a sore thumb, first because I can’t act, and more importantly second because its not my gifting or ability. This Particular platform is not for me.
But God has given me a platform in other areas, One thing I’ve always loved doing is encouraging people, to aspire to be the person God has called them to be, there are other platforms that God will allow me to fill when the time is right or when I am ready, but the fact is God has given us all gifts, talents and abilities, all we need is a platform to use them, or a platform to let them ooze out of us.
I have limited abilities with computers and so a platform that I have is to be on the PowerPoint rota for church, Other platforms in this area of computers would be websites I’ve made or online businesses I run, I like talking to people on a one to one level, a platform God has given me in this is a Sales Job that gives me hundreds of opportunities every week to talk on a one to one level with people I know and don’t know, which at times can start long lasting friendships, which could lead to seeing them won for Christ!
Sometimes we fail to recognise many of our giftings because they are such a big part of us, don’t think you need to be a Billy Graham or a David Beckham to reach your platform, You can mount your platform possibly on a daily basis with little effort, recognise every opportunity to fulfil your calling in life and to exercise your abilities, its only when we exercise or use our abilities that they will develop and grow.
