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.”

God can use you

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.

God can use anyone for His purpose

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

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All Lives Matter to God

All Lives Matter To God

Did you know there are actual blog headlines warning that no one should say, “All lives matter to God”

Professing Christians are “all” brothers and sisters in Christ.

All lives do matter to God. 

That being said, what upsets me to no end is when *anyone* gets hurt or killed through senseless violence.

My heart breaks for families (and communities) who have lost a loved one. 

All of it needs to stop and the perpetrators put in jail.

Sadly, we are living in a very sinful world. 

you matter to God

 

The Lord Knows You By Name

I don’t know about you, but I get tired of the media and lobby groups telling us what we should think and believe.

When God says He cares about all of us, I take Him at His Word.

I will trust the Lord.

Straight from the Bible, here’s John 10:14-15, ESV –

*14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. – John 10:14-15, (ESV).1

He knows us.

Praise God for that!

God cares about all of us.  Our prayers offered with a sincere heart are lifted instantly all the way up to His heavenly throne above.

No special stamps required.

No fancy words and no lengthy recitations to impress others.

Even the sweet words from a small child will mean much more than those.

sweet words from a small childIt doesn’t matter:

  • Where you live
  • The color of your skin
  • What language you speak
  • Your job title
  • Your age
  • Which church you go to

You will have eternal life with Him if you accept salvation through Jesus Christ alone. You can’t earn your way there.

Salvation is a free gift, but it requires trust in the one true God.

Hell will be bursting at the seams with people who tried to earn their way to heaven some other way.

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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.

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