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    • Evaluating Aptitude

    Posted on April 25, 2008 by rayengland

    Sometimes it is best to give just the common  understanding for a word rather than the dictionary definition.  We usually understand aptitude as the ability to get something done, what the dictionary calls aptness.

    I gave the initial examples of family and for loving God and believing His Word.  The aptness for family is a God-given ability that has come through 27 years of practice and is being tested and refined with Mary Beth getting married this year.  The aptness for loving God and believing His Word is a God-given passion that has been refined in college, seminary, and 32 years of pastoring.

    Our abilities are without question “God-given.”  He made us.  We are “strangely and wonderfully made” according to His purposes.  Some things we do well, others we struggle to do. 

    How extensive is God’s empowering.  Have you read Philippians 4:13?  In the NASB it reads, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”  Does this mean I can do anything I want to try?  What if I wanted to “leap tall buildings in a single bound”?  What does “everything” apply to?  This is where proper biblical interpretation comes in.  We should interpret passages in their context.  Here Paul has been talking about how he has been able to face the difficulties of missionary life, how he has learned to be content whether in bounty or in meager times.  Paul has seen Christ prove that he will be with us and provide for us whatever may come.  Paul was also enabled to carry the message in difficult places through dangerous experiences.  The “all things” that Paul had found he could do through Christ were the things it took to live and witness for Christ.

    Sunday we are going to talk about moving from personal aptness to an “all things through Christ” lifestyle.  I hope you will join us as we continue these thoughts

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    One Response

    1. JOHN MARK PENDLEY, on April 25th, 2008 at 9:57 am Said:

      As I prayed for a church member today I prayed that God would be with him and his family what ever comes his way. I ask that you join with me as I pray for this family today. They have come to a difficult place and they need our prayers. He did not tell me what the problem is and we don’t need to know, we just need to pray.

      May God bless
      JMP

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