Speaking of Talent vs. Anointing...
 

I'm just trying to get various perspectives on the subject of talent vs. anointing. So, my question is this: do we base one's talent or anointing on what we see, hear, or know about a person?

Talking about gospel music, when certain lyrics are penned or certain songs are sung, it takes little to no time for chills to come over me. Many times, we associate that with feeling the presence of God, or saying "that's the Holy Ghost coming over me/us/you." When it comes to preaching/teaching, I've felt the chills on a number of occasions when certain scriptures are read and/or certain points are being made and God begins to move.

So, how does one know, or how can one distinguish the difference between talent and anointing? Do we start asking questions that start off as "Do they do this or that, do they know this or that, or do they look like this or that?"

What if God, in fact, does bless someone with a talent to be used as anointing to bless others, regardless of the questions we start asking in skepticism? Maybe an even more important question is: who are we to say what talent is compared to anointing?

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Don't you think for sake of everyone being on the same page, annointing and talent need to be defined respectively? If not, folks may not be talking about the same things..... I think you need to upack that a little more.

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I've always felt that 'anointing' was for the moment. "....and then the anointing came upon him!" sort of thing. Talent on the other hand is something you develop. Now there may be a certain amount that comes naturally but other than a savants I can think of no one was born being able to play the piano. It took many many hours of practice which takes place over years of time.

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I don't think your reaction to any particular media or preaching can be considered a sign of talent or annointing of the provider. I think the feeling of the Holy Spirit moving within you is produced by how that particular media affects your own personal walk. My sister feels the same move when she hears "Jesus take the wheel" because she has experience that scenerio.

The same can be said of preaching. I listened to a messege in a Baptist church that moved me tremendously because what was preached spoke to my life situation at hand.

How to judge ones talents or annointing can be difficult but I believe it is done more with spiritual decernment than what is produced or acted out.

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I'm very confused... are you using talent and annointing interchangeably?

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Regarding talent... I think one discovers talent that already resides in them... but you develop skill.

I have a natural talent for music... that was already inside me... just part of my fiber... and there was a natural raw talent (in potential) to play the piano... After I developed some SKILL, the talent came forth organically. I don't think someone can develop talent.... to me that's what skills are.

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I agree, I was blessed with perfect pitch and ear from a small child. I could pick out any off key or drop in pitch. I could sing harmony with anyone, but I am a natural alto.
Thankfully our Pastor encouraged that talent in me starting when I was a toddler.
My brother and sister are talented with instruments and singing. I can't play any instrument at all.
I cannot read any music, and the learning to breathe right to sing was a developed skill over time.

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I agree Scotty, talent is right for the first paragraph. The last sentence speaks to anointing. IMO

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I discovered I had a talent for ballroom dance.

It goes without saying that the UPC never encouraged its development. LOL

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I better not comment.