Throughout your life, you'll be faced with situations where you'll have to determine whether it's cheaper to do a job yourself or hire someone else to do it. You've seen sitcoms in which a husband that has no carpentry skill keeps trying to perform repair jobs and his lack of ability costs the family more money and time than if he had immediately hired a competent professional to do the work.
This often happens in real life because it takes each person a bit of time and experience to understand how God specifically gifted him / her for a specific type of work in a way that allows him / her to perform quality work. Some people are simply not gifted to be great carpenters. Yet, this doesn’t stop most of us from trying to fix things we don't have the ability to fix because on the front end it seems much cheaper to do the job ourselves and it’s usually by trial and error that we begin to understand what we are truly gifted to do and able to become skilled at.
The first few times no one should blame you for trying to do work yourself. It's natural to press the boundaries of your ability to try and learn a new skill when the opportunity presents itself. Also, it is good stewardship to look for less costly ways to obtain goods and services, so you are not the foolish person who quickly spends all money received. This allows you to provide for your family’s needs and save and invest a portion of income the LORD entrusts to you. However, once historical evidence shows you're unable to provide quality workmanship necessary to adequately maintain your home and other areas of your life or that ‘doing it yourself’ winds up being more costly in the end, you should search for someone with a proven track record of providing quality services at the lowest possible price.
When a major job needs to be done, ask the question, “Should I do it myself?” Your answer should be a resounding “NO” when past history shows you’re not gifted to do the work, could not become skilled at doing it, do not desire to spend necessary time to do quality work in the arena in which you need service, or it is not cost effective for you to pull away from work for which you are skilled and called to do. Otherwise, you will become a poor steward of the time and money God entrusted to you because you will waste it trying to complete tasks you already know you cannot skillfully complete. To make matters worse, you will often have to pay someone else to re-do the work.
It is better to draw the right conclusion up-front about your skill level and capability, so resources are not wasted over and over again as you journey through life. The right person does not necessarily have to be a high-priced professional. When you’re strapped for cash you can draw from friends and family members who are gifted or skilled in the area of your need or who know someone that is and who can provide you with quality service at a cost that fits within your spending limit. If such help does not materialize when you think you need it, you must simply continue to have faith that the LORD will provide all your need in due time according to His riches in glory.
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Romans 12:3-8, 1Corinthians 12:18, Ephesians 4:7-13, James 3:1-2
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