OUR OWN ABILITIES

Monday – May 18, 2020

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“though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more” – Philippians 3:4

Milli Vanilli was a German Rhythm & Blues duo from Munich. The group was founded in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. 

In 1989, Beth McCarthy-Miller, then an executive with MTV, noticed that the duo's deficient English language skills, when they came in for their first interview. She began to have doubts as to whether they had sung on their records.

The first public sign that the group was lip-syncing came on July 21, 1989, during a live performance on MTV at the Lake Compounce theme park in Bristol, Connecticut. As they performed, a hard drive issue caused the recording of the song "Girl You Know It's True" to jam and skip, repeatedly playing the partial line "Girl, you know it's..." through the speakers. The duo had doubted their ability to sing to a live audience and was caught lip-syncing their recording.

“I knew right then and there, it was the beginning of the end for Milli Vanilli,” recalled Pilatus of the incident. “When my voice got stuck in the computer, and it just kept repeating and repeating, I panicked. I didn't know what to do. I just ran off the stage.”

We cannot put our confidence in our own talents; we need to place our faith in the One who has given us our talents and abilities.  Today in prayer, confess any sin of pride. Give thanks to Jesus for all the talents and abilities He has given you. 

“Talent is God-given; be humble.” – John Wooden

God’s Word: “For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh” – Philippians 3:3