Racing Stripes

I watched the movie “Racing Stripes” over the Thanksgiving weekend. (For those of you who haven’t seen it, a quick summary): A zebra (not knowing that he is a zebra), ends up living on a farm near a horse race course. His interactions with race horses leads him to try out his abilities at running fast. He loves it and thus begins his own “training” to become a great race horse.

What a great movie. Sure the acting was okay, but the one thing that was cool was the message that in spite of what others may think, you are gifted. And the responsible thing is to use that gift to it’s fullest measure.

I came away from the movie asking myself, “Self, what is your greatest gift? What has the good Lord given to you to do that only you can do and that you must do in order to fill out the needs of the body of Christ in this world?”

I’m still wrestling with this question. I know that I have some spiritual gifts, the most prominent being “leadership” among others. But what, for example, is to be the application of that gift (and the others) in my personal, family & ministry life? What is it that I must do each year, month, week, day in order to fulfill my calling in the Lord’s ministry & body?

Need to spend some more time thinking on that one....