June 8. We Are Unique In Bold And Silent Ways.

Teams are important for entrepreneurs. We lead them as well as being a part of them. There is a concept that focuses on developing teams around the people of the team contributing only their unique ability. The unique ability is a special talent or skill that they have. It is unique so much so that when they do it, it appears that they are energized when they do it. It might look natural for them, comes easy to do and they might even seem passionate about it. Who do you immediately think of as someone on your team who operates under their unique ability? Imagine if the leader could design a system for the team where that person spent most of their time doing that unique ability. Where do you operate on teams that are frustrated? It just might be that you are witnessing the wrong mix of unique abilities on the team. As team leader, would it be an asset to know your unique ability as well as each team member you work with? Perhaps a more significant way of leading is achieved by spending more time in our unique ability. Choosing to be intentional about spending more and more time in our unique ability is a way to create positive and encouraging limits. Limits do not have to be viewed as negative. Do you want your brain surgeon staying up all night sanitizing the operating room and then operating on you? What are you spending most of your time on? What is the first thing you can do about your unique ability in the next seven days?

In the Bible, we can read examples of unique ability. “Therefore, please command that cedars from Lebanon be cut for me. Let my men work alongside yours, and I will pay your men whatever wages you ask. As you know, there is no one among us who can cut timber like you Sidonians!” 1 Kings 5:6 NLT. As a brother or sister in Christ, where are your unique abilities? Are you a silent prayer warrior or maybe a great person to welcome people? Could you be an evangelist or maybe a c

ook in the kitchen? God has blessed us all with unique abilities. There are many scriptures that teach and speak about spiritual gifts. Each of us have them but they can be like buried treasure. Sometimes we have to seek them out and discover them. Where are you frustrated in your results? Could it be that we are not using our unique abilities when that happens? Maybe we have limits that have been put into place by our understanding, or by our education or by our systems that we practice our faith through. God wants our best of the best so maybe we can focus on our unique abilities this week and see what happens. What is the first thing you can do about it in the next seven days?

Let us pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for creating us. You have made us in your image and created unique abilities in each of us. Allow us the ability to remove our barriers and habits so that we might use our abilities more. May we honor your gifts to us by using them to glorify your name. Help us to keep from placing those gifts on a mantle to collect dust. Let us move ourselves to show your love and compassion and to follow Christ. Allow us to show our unique abilities like Christ showed his ability to love. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen,