Your talent is a gift from God, but it is important to understand that it is not your calling. Many people confuse what they are good at with what they are called to do. Your calling is a divine assignment—a purpose God designed specifically for your life. Talent, on the other hand, is a tool that helps you express that calling. For example, you may be called to teach the gospel, and your talent in communication or writing becomes the tool to make that calling effective. Without the right understanding, you might worship the tool and forget the mission. When you rely on talent alone, you risk becoming self-centered instead of God-centered. Talent can open doors, but it is the calling that gives meaning to those doors. The problem with many gifted individuals today is that they stop at talent. They chase applause instead of purpose and mistake popularity for divine assignment. That is why it is possible to be talented and still unfulfilled—because talent without purpose is like a vehicl...