God-Given Talent

Have you ever noticed how insecure people are?

So insecure that they fail to use the gift God gave them?

I know someone with an incredible singing voice who refuses to sing in public. Its not that he's shy, because he sings with me all the time. He just doesn't believe his voice is as wonderful as it really is.

The thing is, when he sings the Phantom of the Opera, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end and sends a chill down my spine. But he doesn't think he's good enough.

He can pick up a tenor harmony if I sing melody, and hold it. A cappella.

He has a voice that belongs on Broadway, and can sing any show tune I throw at him. In a manly way, of course.  He is incredible with modern music, like Jason Mraz or Micheal Buble. And yet, he still doesn't think he's good enough.

Why is that? He says no one ever told him he had an incredible voice. Everyone was so focused on his older brother's singing "talent", they dismissed the younger. But wouldn't his desire be to prove himself the better of the two?

He refuses sing in public until he gets some "formal training". And yet, he declines to talk to the people who could train him for free. And yet, he doesn't need any more training. He's amazing already, his voice a perfect blend of pitch and tone.

So, what is my point?

This young man has a natural talent in an area that few will ever achieve. But he's so insecure about how he sounds and what people will think, that he refuses to use his God given gift...I wish he would. He would be surprised about what people have to say.

God says to use what He gave us. And I know He gave this young man his voice for a reason. So why not take a risk, belt it out, and watch the surprise on everyone else's face?