Being slow

[Apples]

Why are people afraid they are not gifted in the same way of others? It seems like having a fast car or an expensive suit. If your IQ is not near average, that does not mean you do not have value.

 

[Nancy]

Why are people afraid they are not gifted in the same way of others? It seems like having a fast car or an expensive suit. If your IQ is not near average, that does not mean you do not have value.

Agreed @Apples
It's so good to know that The Lord does not at all care about all that.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

"26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence."

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[ShineTheLight]

Agreed @Apples
It's so good to know that The Lord does not at all care about all that.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29​

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"26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:​

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;​

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:​

29 That no flesh should glory in his presence."​

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8 chapters later Paul talks about running a race.

1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

 

[ScottA]

Why are people afraid they are not gifted in the same way of others? It seems like having a fast car or an expensive suit. If your IQ is not near average, that does not mean you do not have value.

Value and purpose is different with God than with people. Life is kinda like that too: One builds a fence and another rides a bronco. One cleans and another performs surgery. Which is greater if both are required?

My mother assembled machine gun belts in a factory close to home during WW2. My father was a rear gunner and communications officer and flew missions over the South Pacific. Which one came home a hero? I say they both did.

Gifts from God are like that and do His will while we perform these many tasks. Are we self-driven? Can we actually escape His driving force within, his calling, and not lose our own selves? Either way, He makes a way, and we can do nothing without Him, whether for or against. In the end it is His will that prevails.

 

[HealthyShape]

Why are people afraid they are not gifted in the same way of others? It seems like having a fast car or an expensive suit. If your IQ is not near average, that does not mean you do not have value.

What people? I have never heard about anyone being afraid they have low IQ.