March 27, 2020
God wants to use us all. He has a great plan for rich and poor, strong and weak, man and women, parent and children.
If you don’t believe that, study your Bible. Look at young David and a child named Samuel. Observe Moses who began to lead the Israelites in his 80's. Read the story of Rahab who was used to deliver the Israelites as well as Joshua, the great leader. All of these people were greatly used because God was greatly with them.
A PROPHETESS, A LEADER, AND A TENT PEG
There’s a wonderful true account in Judges 4 that illustrates this. Israel had been in bondage for twenty years to a wicked, pagan king from the northern town of Hazor. There was an Israelite woman, Deborah, who often heard from God and was a prophetess. God told her to give a leader named Barak a message to go up against the wicked king.
Barak obeyed, but he wanted Deborah to go with them. She agreed, although reluctantly for she didn’t want it to be perceived that the battle was given to a woman. They both went to Mt. Tabor and Barak went down and defeated the king. The king fled and ran into the tent of a woman named Jael and fell asleep, and Jael took a tent peg and drove it through his temple and killed him.
Although this was a bloody, physical battle, God used two women and a man to get the job accomplished. Everyone had a part to play!
YOUR PART
You may not be handling tent pegs, but God has a part in His kingdom for you to play, regardless of who you are. But, like Deborah, Barak, and Jael, you must rise up and fulfill your role by following Him explicitly. Never underestimate how greatly God can use YOU, when you are humbly following HIM.
Father, thank You for creating us and then calling us to follow You. And thank You that, when we do, we get to be a part of Your great plan. Thank You that everyone can have an equally important part and that you love to choose the humble to use greatly. Lord, help me to follow You fully and be used fully as You see fit.
March 11, 2025
God knows what He is about. Always include in your request the greatest prayer—the prayer of surrender. “Lord, Your will be done.” This is the prayer, when humbly prayed, that will always be answered and yield the most valuable result from the God who loves us best ... even if the answer is hard.
March 05, 2025
Every created man or woman must make their choice. What will you do with God? Will you embrace or reject Him? Draw near or run away? Trust and serve Him or doubt God and serve yourself? This foundational choice determines everything.
March 04, 2025
As you evaluate your faith, is it “God and?” God and others. God and the world’s ideas. God and my best thoughts thrown in. God and some money. God and a clear path. Or simply: God. Are you vainly clinging to the idea that you need more than Him?
