How to Be Unique and Effective
如何独一无二并且有影响
Sep 13, 2017
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10 NIV).
"我们是他所造之物，在基督耶稣里创造的，为要使我们行善，就是 神早已预备好要我们做的。"(以弗所书 2:10 和修)
If you want to know God’s will for your life, you’ve got to look at what you’re good at. Why would God give you certain gifts, abilities, and talents and not expect you to use them? That would be a waste.
如果你想要知道上帝在你生命中的旨意，你需要看你的特长。为什么你不使用上帝很清晰的给你这些天赋、能力以及天分，那真浪费。
God gives you Spiritual gifts, Heart/passions, Abilities, a Personality, and Experiences (SHAPE) that make you unique, and when you take time to figure out how God has shaped you, it gives you direction for where you should go with your life. Ask yourself, “What am I good at? What do I love to do? What is my passion? What do I find exciting, and what do I find boring? What do people affirm in me? How can God use those abilities for his Kingdom?”
上帝给你属灵的天赋、感情/激情、能力、人格和经验(外在的)，使你独一无二，当你花时间搞清楚上帝是如何塑造你，这回给你指明你人生的方向。问一下你自己，“我擅长什么？我喜欢做什么？哪些事情使我有激情？我可以从什么事情上找到乐趣？我对哪些事情感到无聊？人们怎么定义我？上帝如何为他的国使用这些能力？”
Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (NIV). The word for “God’s handiwork” in Greek is the word “poema,” from which we get the word “poem.” You are God’s poem. You are a work of art. You are unique. There is nobody like you!
以弗所书 2:10 说：“我们是他所造之物，在基督耶稣里创造的，为要使我们行善，就是 神早已预备好要我们做的。”（和修） 这个词“上帝的工作”在希腊文中是“poema”，“诗”这个词是从poema演变而来。你是上帝的诗。你是一件杰作。你是独一无二的，没有任何人和你一样！
But there’s more to life than being unique. God wants you to be unique and effective. He designed you the way he did so you could do good works. Even before you were born, God predesigned a role for you in life. He said, “I’m going to make this person with certain gifts, abilities, and talents, and I’m going to allow this person to go through certain experiences — some good, some painful, and some educational. I’m going to bring all of these things together because I want something done in the world that will take that kind of person to do it.”
但是比起独一无二来说，生命还有更多的意义。上帝希望你独一无二并且有影响力。他规划你的人生，可以使你努力工作。甚至在你出生之前，他已经预先为你准备了你人生的角色。他说：“我要给这个人清晰的天赋、能力和天分，我允许他有清晰的经历————一些是不错的、一些是伤痛的，也有一些是有教育意义的。我要把这些事情都带到他面前，因为我想要通过一些人做的事，来成全我的旨意。”
We are saved to serve. That’s what it means to have a ministry — you use your talents and gifts to help other people. Fulfillment means being who and what God meant you to be.
我们为了服侍而被拯救，这就意味着要有一个部分————你使用你的天分和才干去帮助其他人。实现意味着做上帝要你去做的。
The Bible says, “God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other” (1 Peter 4:10a TLB).
圣经说：“各人要照所得的恩赐彼此服侍，作 神百般恩赐的好管家。”（彼得前书 4:10）
Talk It Over
讨论问题
If you’ve never done so, take some time today to think about your SHAPE. What are the Spiritual gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences God has given you that make you uniquely you?
如果你从来没有这样做，请花点时间思考你的样式。 上帝给你的是什么？是精神礼物，心灵，能力，个性和经验，使你独一无二？
How are you using your SHAPE in your current ministry?
你现在在哪些方面使用你的样式？
What dream do you believe God has given you? How do you think God can use your abilities and experiences to help you accomplish that dream?
你相信神给了你什么梦想？ 你觉得上帝如何利用你的能力和经验来帮助你完成这个梦想？
