God Can Use Anybody
Getting Fear Out Of The Way
Have you ever been afraid to try something?
Yeah, me too.
Several years ago, for one of my milestone birthdays, my husband gifted me with the thrill ride of a lifetime – the chance to ride shotgun in a NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway.
Pretty cool, right? (except I’m not a fan of going fast!)
I was scared to death and my knees were buckling afterwards, but in retrospect, I am so glad that I went for it, despite my initial fears.
Here’s a picture from that day.
There I am scared to death, wondering how I could secretly climb out of that small window before we reached speeds of up to 160 miles per hour.
In retrospect, it’s amazing what we can do when we put our minds to something.
If we can just get past those nagging fears, sometimes we can do remarkable things – the memories of which can last for a lifetime.
From a Christian perspective, just think of the great things we might all accomplish for the glory of God – if we can get our fears out of the way.
God can use anybody!
God Can Use You
Have you ever thought you were just a nobody, worthless to the Kingdom?
If you think God can’t use you, please think again.
Ultimately, it’s not who we are, but who God is.
God can use you.
I love this Psalm of David, with the subheading, “A Psalm of Fearless Trust in God.”
Excuses Don’t Sit Well With God
The Lord knows your fears, but He is bigger than any one of them.
Remember in Exodus 4, Moses initially didn’t think he could do what God was asking of him – warn the Egyptian Pharaoh to let God’s people go.
Every agonizing fear that Moses had about his speech impediment got in the way.
He even asked the Lord to send someone else.
The Lord was angry.
11 The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.” – Exodus 4:11-12, (NASB).1
If you’re on a mission within God’s will, He will guide you.
You may feel like a nobody in your own eyes, but God has something greater for you to do.
If you haven’t discovered what that is, ask God for wisdom.
American Evangelist D.L. Moody couldn’t have said it better.
Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody. – Evangelist D. L. Moody.2
God can use anyone (or anything) for good, no matter how broken.
I hope this encourages you today.
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1 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
2 Quotation from influential American evangelist, Dwight L. Moody. Courtesy of AZquotes.com
