How to know your gift from God (Part 3)

"But what does this have to do with your original point, Olatunde?  Who likes to be patient?"

Those who practice patience want to be patient, which means they like being patient better than they like being impatient.  And the same is true for the impatient.  Those who are impatient like being impatient.  They like letting off steam immediately...but they usually don't like the consequences.  Remember, every good and perfect gift is from God, which means everything that you like that is good and perfect is a divine gift. 

That is how you know your gift from God; that is what you will become good and talented at through practice. Everything good and perfect liking that you have is a gift from God--by good and perfect liking, I mean you like the thing, and the consequences of the thing.  It means what you like brings no harm to the Creator, or any creature, or anything in creation. If you like something in this way, you will be naturally motivated to practice it, even if it's hard and time consuming.  The difficulty and use of energy will still be pleasing to you.  What you like in this way is your gift from God?

What do you really like doing?

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