Potentials:When to use What

Potentials: When to Use What
One of the greatest dilemma of the very complex  and multi-talented creature of God that we are is the ability to know what to do with the abilities in us per time. In a world where just a little insignificant activity or skill can create enormous wealth so commonly termed success we tend to seek for that particular skill to get success the remaining we use as hobbies not mindful of any accountability.
We ought rather to be as the sons of Issachar who had the understanding of the times to know what Israel OUGHT to do...and not just what they can do. Every potential in us has it's time and events it was put there for. Not all are necessary all the time, as we go through the seasons of our lives and the accompanying changes, the need for each of the potential God has given us opens up as occasions demand of them creating a fulfilled life that pleases God.
The gifts and the calling of God are without repentance, those gifts give meaning to our calling and the fulfilment of the assignment we are here to accomplish, every equipment is for something relevant to our ultimate calling. The dreams of Joseph got him to the palace but it was another hidden gift which sentiments may have kept hidden in Jacob's house that he eventually lived on to fulfill a 400 years old prophecy. His managerial skill took over from his gifs of dreams and interpretations of dreams at the centre stage of his life. While it is actually expected that those dreams were still coming and he was still interpreting dreams yet those gifts had fulfilled their part in his destiny development, if he had built a ministry around that he would have cut short his destiny but he explored the othwr gifts too. He offered them to Pharaoh and that was just what was needed both for Pharaoh and for his own destiny and the destiny of the embryo nation of Israel.
While we explore all the gifts may we have the understanding of the times to know when to use what and to be motivated with the thoughts of pleasing God and fulfilling His work before night falls when no man can work...