Never become jealous of someone else\u2019s talent. And don\u2019t be intimidated by it, because the God who called and equipped them will use you too. When you learn to appreciate and applaud the gift of God in someone else\u2019s life, you put yourself in a position where He can bless you as well. The fact is, we\u2019re all necessary to God\u2019s plan. <\/p>\n
The Bible says, \u2018God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a012:18\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>) God sets and God allocates! So seek Him and you\u2019ll find your assignment. Why did Jesus say, \u2018Many are called, but few chosen\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a020:16\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>)? Part of the answer is found in these words: \u2018I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.\u2019<\/i> <\/p>\n You need more than just a calling\u2014you need character in order to have credibility. And that means spending time in the refiner\u2019s fire. Generally speaking, it\u2019s not your calling that gets you into trouble; it\u2019s your character\u2014or lack of it! God says: \u2018I want to see how you respond under pressure. When you want a yes, but you have to live with a no. When you desire to be in public ministry, but you\u2019re assigned to a back room.\u2019 God is a wise businessman; He doesn\u2019t put untested merchandise in His window. <\/p>\n So what \u2018furnace of suffering\u2019<\/i> are you in today? Are you feeling the heat of the refiner\u2019s fire? If so\u2014rejoice! When you come out, you\u2019ll be equipped and ready for service. And that\u2019s the word for you today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Never become jealous of someone else\u2019s talent. And don\u2019t be intimidated by it, because the God who called and equipped them will use you too. When you learn to appreciate and applaud the gift of God in someone else\u2019s life, you put yourself in a position where He can bless you as well. The fact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}