Use your gift and abilities in God’s service. Romans 12:6-8 (NIV), “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”
God expects His consecrated children to use all of our abilities to serve and glorify Him. Even if we think we have very few abilities, God wants us to use them. If God is pleased with our services, He may help us to develop more talents with more opportunities to honor HIm.
Consider the Parable of the Pounds. Luke 19:12-13, 16-17, 20-22, 24 (RSV), 12… “A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return. 13 Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, ‘Trade (use) with these till I come.’ … (When the nobleman returned…)16 The first (servant) came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’ … 20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away in a napkin; 21 for I was afraid of you,…you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He said to him, ‘I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man’ … 24 And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.’
Remember Luke 16:10 (NKJV), “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much…”
Just a note: The miraculous gifts of the spirit are different from a person’s talents. God gave miraculous gifts to the early church in order to establish the church and to spread the Gospel. The miraculous gifts included speaking in foreign languages, healing, and even prophesying. These gifts were first given through the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Afterward, only the twelve apostles could pass on gifts to other believers.
However, when the apostles died and those with the miraculous gifts died, those gifts ceased. Once the full New Testament was complete, miraculous gifts were no longer needed. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (RSV), “All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”