“Your gift gives you your ability.
Your calling gives you your identity.
And your anointing gives you your purpose!”
I heard this on an instagram mini-sermon. He went on to say if you confuse the pairings it can lead to misdirection and unnecessary pain.
I don’t know if any of you have discovered your spiritual gifts. (If you want to take an online test here’s a great link https://gifts.churchgrowth.org/spiritual-gifts-survey/).
When I take the test I generally get Mercy, Shepard, Teacher, Administrator, and Encourager. Sometimes I don’t see it but I’ve been encouraged by the people around me that I have those giftings.
My calling is to simply be a daughter of the Most High King. To follow His voice and become like Him. What does it take to be a daughter? Is it a title that is earned? Or one that requires promotion? Or is it something you simply are?
I know my dad, my earthly one, would drive hours to see me because he did. He would move mountains for me because he has. He provides for me. He protects me. He encourages me to be bold and independent. But I know if I fall, he’s there to brush the dirt off. He lets me learn my lesson, but shows me love and grace through it all. He protects my heart in all the best ways. I have the confidence to take risks and live my dreams because I know he’s in my corner.
My mom is amazing. When people say I’m like her, my heart grows warm because she is everything I’ve ever wanted to be. She’s kind, dedicated and determined. She was there for my sisters and me growing up and now. She has been my greatest teacher when it comes to forgiveness because she does it so well. She doesn’t back down when she knows what is right. And she loves the Lord with a passion that rivals the greats in the Bible.
These are my parents. As their daughter I have the best of them within me. And I have them to lead me and guide me through life, because no one knows me better.
It’s the same with God. I have the best of Him within me because I believe He rescued me. He took my place on the cross so that I could be reunited with Him. It was what He whispered to me as I grew up. He created me to be His daughter when He knit me together. It was why He did what He did over 2,000 years ago. All of it was because He thought of me and wanted me close. He invited me into His family and I said yes.
I have the same confidence in God that I do my parents. He will be there for me. He will direct me. He will fight for me. He will love me without condition or measure.
My anointing? I got a word from a stranger who quickly became a friend. I was worshiping in church in San Salvador and as we were sitting down, she turned around and told me my voice is anointed.
It makes sense because the purpose of my life is to worship Him. My Father, my Creator, my God, my Savior. I had an amazing experience during a HeartSync session a few years ago. The Function part of my heart didn’t want to grow up because she didn’t know what she was supposed to be. Jesus gave her a dress that resembled a worship flag. Long, flowy and iridescent pearl with blue, pink and purple shine. The dress matched the ballet shoes I had painted earlier that year.
I don’t know what my future will look like. Or where I will be come this time next year. But I know this. I am able because I am His and I will worship Him through it all.
