This worksheet will help you to understand how your skills relate to God’s call on your life

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Your God
God-given skills
This worksheet will help you to understand how your skills relate to
God’s call on your life
Feeling unemployable
You might recognise this scenario the rejection email has just landed in your inbox and you
scenario:
decide to bite the bullet and seek feedback to discover why you weren’t selected for the job.
ren’t
After putting down the phone you declare, “Well, it appears that I didn’t include listening as
one of my skills, probably because I didn’t hear what the interviewer asked.
asked.”
When I lost my job I was initially full of confidence in my ability to find work. But, after the
confidence
weeks turned to months of signing
ned signing-on at the Job Centre (where I had previously worked as
a careers adviser!), I began to believe that I had nothing of any value to offer my next
employer, and this was the reason why I was still out of work.
I want to encourage those of you who hhave reached the end of your tether and have started
to believe the lie that you have become unemployable. This is not true – but it can sure feel
like it!
Our skills – our life compass
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2. The good news is that despite all evidence to the contrary, God does have a plan and a
purpose for your life that involves you using the God-given skills and abilities that He placed
in you. One way to regard our innate skills is to view them as a compass – they point in the
direction that we’re called to labour.
Peter Drucker1 said:
‘You see, I don’t believe that God creates us with specialised abilities and personality
types then asks us to do things for Him that require completely different abilities and
personalities. Why would a Creator who put together such an efficient and sensible
natural world violate His design template when it came to man?’
Sort of makes sense when you see things from that perspective doesn’t it?
Born to do different things
The fact is that we are all made by God to be unique individuals and designed to do
different things. Some are born with a natural ability to create things with their hands, such
as an artist or a chef, whilst others are more suited to academia or the pursuit of scientific
knowledge.
In the construction of the tabernacle God told Moses how he had raised up Bezalel with the
necessary skills to make magnificent temple ornaments.
Exodus 31:3 … I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all
kinds of crafts
The Bible (Hebrews 13:21) makes it clear that God has given us everything we need to
perform His will. If we’re able to discover where our abilities lie, then this will give us some
idea about what God wants us to do for a living.
An assessment of your skills will not only benefit those of you seeking life direction but also
those who need confirmation that a desire to do something is actually fixed in reality, i.e. will
you be able to do the job?
We all need to be realistic about what we’re really able to do. An assessment of our skills
may point to a gap, which may suggest that we need to return to college to gain certain
skills. On the other hand, it may suggest that we could be barking up the wrong tree and
that we might not be called to this particular vocation / profession. In this process it’s
important that we apply discernment and seek advice from trusted others.
Resources to assess our skills
I have listed below some excellent resources that will give you a skills compass in your
pursuit of your life calling / career direction. Don’t forget to invite Jesus along with you on
your journey!
1
Author and business man who contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation.
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3. • www.windmillsonline.co.uk/interactive/main_sections.html
• www.prospects.ac.uk/ – register and start the assessment
• Google The National Career Service – Skills Health Check
• www.want2geton.co.uk – Visit the Focus Zone
Want2get on? is a unique career coaching service that offers 1:1 support for those who
want to draw upon their Christian faith and apply it in a practical way to their job situation.
www.want2geton.co.uk Tel: 07503 177126 charles@want2geton.co.uk
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