Be you. Follow Him

A lot of people think that in order to completely give their life to Christ and become a saint, they need to become the pope or the next mother Teresa.


The truth is that if you try to become somebody that your not, your gonna go backwards.  In order to attain sainthood, what needs to happen has nothing to do with the saints that have gone before us.  Sainthood means embracing everything that God has given YOU.  Every single person on this earth has unique gifts to offer to the world, but few people really find them.  


Most people just go through life trying to be successful, but in order to do that they think they need to compare themselves to the guy in the cubicle next to them. Newsflash!  Success has nothing to do with that guy in the cubicle!!!   Success - holiness - is found when you find YOUR unique gifts and let the Lord work with them. Trying to be something that you're not is wasted time.


Take Peter for example: He was a simple fishermen, who just went about doing his job day in and day out.  Until one day the Lord asked him to do things a little differently. Here's what the Gospel of Matthew says...




As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who      was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed Him - Matthew 4:18-20


Peter had a gift for fishing.  God didn't just abandon that gift that he had given him in order to make him holy. No. He took that gift and used it to bring others to Himself, through Peter. And Peter didn't hesitate.  How many times do we hesitate when God asks something of us...The Lord saw something that Peter didn't see in himself. He was not only a fisherman, but a fisher for men - for souls.  In fact, the Lord made him the first Pope!  If the Lord can multiply Peter's gifts to build up the kingdom of God, what more can He do with our gifts?

What's your gift?  


Whatever it is...I promise that if you let Him, God's going to use these gifts to make you a fisher of men...


or a basketball player for men
or a coin collector for men
or an actor for men
or a musician for men
or a comedian for men
or a people person for men
or an introvert for men
or an artist for men




So take a risk. Let the Lord show you your gifts.  He'll take you places.