“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10
God knew and planned us from the very beginning, there are no accidents and no mistakes made by God, because he is the perfect creator of everything.
It becomes quite hard in modern society to keep things in focus. We are often so concerned about the here and now and all the struggles that we are going through at the moment that we lose focus of “the purpose.” That is what being shaped is all about, the shape of something is determined by what its purpose is, not the other way round.
With this in mind, what has your shape made you good for? God had something in mind, and like was mentioned in one of the videos, when exercising, we don’t need to make a body, we need to use and develop the one we have.
We all have unique gifts too, making us rely on each other. We all contribute in different ways and we all help each other out in different ways too. Jealousy and envy are human traits, but they are not traits that are appropriate within the circle of believers. No ones gifts are superior to anothers. If we believe what God says, we also believe we are all unique and have something to give and contribute. We may not all like the way someone else does something, but in service to the master, the master is the judge of the appropriateness of someone else’s gift. Unless of course it goes against what God says altogether.
Your heart can be affected by so many things, and we often equate our feelings with what is in our heart. But it is more than that, it is a reflection of what is deep inside. Our heart, which is also our passions, show what we are really into. You have your interests not by some random chance, but because God knows that he can use what you are for the benefit of His church, and to serve Him and others.
If your heart is in something, you don’t need someone motivating you all the time to keep going and doing it because you love to do it, you love it, so use it for God. An example of this that is very close to me, is students of English. There are so many who need to be checked up on to do their homework and to practice, but it’s because the motivation is, “I need it to get a better job or more qualifications,” or for my students, “I’m here because my parents want me to be,” sometimes they do well, sometimes they don’t. The ones who truly excel are those who love it, their heart is in it and they practice it without having to be pestered to do it all the time. This is not a prod at English students, just a look at motivations.
When your heart is in it, serving is completely natural.
Use those passions for God, he gave them to you for a reason, so use them to serve him.