Britain's Got Talent

The title of today's blog is "Britain's Got Talent" a tv show here in the UK where they search for a previously undiscovered person/persons to perform their talent at the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen.


So have you been watching Britain's Got Talent? Will you be watching it tonight?


Tonight is the final of this show, where a acts the final acts will perform for the last time before the winner is chosen by public vote.

So has Britain Got Talent?

Having watched a number of the initial auditions and most of the semi finals this last week, I have to say that at times it has looked as though Britain really hasn't got talent! Having said that there have of course been a few outstanding acts, some of which didn't get through to the semi finals or indeed tonight's fina, which personally I liked, but hey, if we all liked the same things we'd all be bored!

Regardless of the outcome of tonight's show, and whether we personally agree with the successful act, do you think Britain Has Talent? Do you think you have talent?


In God's eyes, we all have talents. You may still say you have no talents, but that it really isn't true, you do have talent, you may not have discovered them yet, or accepted that they are talents. God gives each of us spiritual gifts to use to help others or tell others about God's message.



1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (The Message)

God's various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God's Spirit. God's various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people!

The variety is wonderful:
wise counsel, clear understanding, simple trust, healing the sick, miraculous acts, proclamation, distinguishing between spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues.

All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out one by one by the one Spirit of God. He decides who gets what, and when.

For those of you who know what your talents or spiritual gifts are, ask God to help you continue to use them for His honour and glory.

For those of you who have not identified their talents or spiritual gifts, ask God to help identify them and then help you use them in His work.

There are a number of website which talk about Spiritaul Gifts. One you may find helpful is http://www.biblicalstudies.com/bstudy/spiritualgifts/index.htm


Identify your talents, find your spiritual gifts and use them all to share your love and knowledge of God.

Hairdresser

I was at the hairdressers today. While I was sitting waiting to get my hair cut after it was washed, I started asking myself a few questions

1. How often do you get your hair cut?


2. How often do you change your hairstyle?


3. How often do you wish your hair was a different colour or style than what it is?

Here's my answers, are they similar to your's?

1. every 5-6 weeks


2. every few years


3. all the time!

I then got to thinking, just how many haircuts that is in a year...a lot! And what about how many that would be in my lifetime. Wow!

So we all go to the hairdressers quite frequently, what about new clothes, how often do you buy yourself new clothes?

Maybe in the current economic climate you aren't able to do any of the about as frequently as you used to. However I'm sure you'll still plan when you're going to get your haircut, and when your next going to buy ne clothes.

I know you're probably wondering where I'm going with this...well what struck me while I was at te hairdressers was how much time and how much time to I put aside to allow God to restyle me into the person He wants/needs me to be?

A very deep question, and one which is not the easiest one to answer - not because I don't know the answer, but simply because I know my answer is not what God wants it to be!

What's your answer? If you find you are not putting aside time each day to listen to God speaking to you (not just time for you to speak to God), you, like me, need to allow more time for God to speak to you.

So next time you're getting a haircut, or buying new clothes, remember that as well as looking after your physical appearance, you need to look after your spiritual life too - you can only do that by spending time with God, talking and listening to Him.