A Peacock Spreads It's Fan Tail Feather to The Glory Of God

I wrote this article to encourage my reader,to look in the mirror,and realize the image you see reflecting back at you, is a unique creation that has been made by the hand of God,and created in His likeness .
God has given each individual gifts,or call them talents if you please.
Even though there are many people who may have similar talents,each person does not share the some skill level or same expression of that talent .
But God has given these gifts to each of us for his purpose and pleasure.
Think about it for a moment. Why is one person so good with number,and enjoys doing math, and goes on to develop the mathematical equation for fuel usage to take a rock to the moon and back to earth. Where math use to bore the hell out of me. 
Where an other person enjoys drawling and painting, and develop their ability to bring to life these images in their head and put them on canvas or paper for others to see. Create images that invoke emotion and thought in their viewers harts.
I do not believe that through Jesus Christ i can become a mathematician, because if it is not the gift God has given to me, then it is not his will for me to be a chemist.
No matter how hard I work at it,or no matter how hard i pray, or have faith, I am not going to bend God's arm until He makes me a chemist.
God will give us abilities to carry out the mission he has commissioned us fore.
Because talents come from God,and are given to us according to His purpose and pleasure, there should be no reason why we should be prideful because of our unique abilities. 
We should also not be covetous of what others possess. This includes wealth,relationship ,family,occupation, authority. We must remember all these things are distributed from God, according to His pleasure and purpose.
So when we covet some one else's belonging , we are basically committing theft in our harts against God and our neighbors.
Who has God given gifts to ? God has given every person He has created talents, This means even the people who have made themselves His enemies.
God has gifted mankind to equip them to survive, subdue , and have dominion over God's earthly creation.
God has not created programmed robots. Like our lives we can use our talents to rebel against God,and war against God's kingdom purposes. 
Or like our lives we can walk in fellowship with God, using our talents to accomplish the purposes of the kingdom of God.
So the question the reader should ask them selves is,'"Am i spreading my beautiful fantail feather for my own glory, or for God's glory?"
For when our life ends,we will appear before the Lord and give account for how we lived our lives and what we did with the gifts he has given us.
Written By Stephen J. Vattimo 
August 9,2017
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