God's Competency

Competence is defined as being able to do something successfully or efficiently.

Every time I asked what employers look for in their future employees they always tell me character and competence. They want people to be able do the things that they are assigned to do in a successful and efficient manner.

Our competence comes from Christ. Without the gifts that God gives us we would never be able to reach our God given potential.

We can do certain things on our own, but will never be able to reach our full potential. A scary thing is that I believe that we rarely reach our full God-given potential. We are able to do things well and because of that we often think that we don't need God's gifts, we can just do it on our own.

"Such confidence we have through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant - not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."
(2 Corinthians 3:4-6)  

When Paul said this, he wasn't boasting. Paul gave God credit for all his accomplishments. Most of the time, people who are in power give credit to their own successes and power. Not Paul, he expressed his humility before God.

No one can ever claim to be successful without God's help. No one is competent to carry out the responsibilities of God's calling in his or her own strength.

Without the Holy Spirit enabling, our natural talent can carry us only so far. As Christ's witnesses, we need the character and special strength that only God gives.

Two things, we need God's strength to help us achieve everything we have to in order to reach our God given-potential & we must show humility. We need God's competency and the special skills/traits that he gives us.