USED PEOPLE
Why you are never too “Used” to be Used by God
Chris Mabe, Evangelist ∙ Bella Vista, Arkansas ∙ 3/20/22
“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty” (1 Cor 1:27).
Let’s face it. We ALL do foolish things from time to time. We ALL make mistakes. But nothing you ever do is beyond the capacity for God to use. You may make mistakes, but God doesn’t.
We love God so much because He first loved us AND because He doesn’t throw us away when we feel we’re used up or broken. God never says He can’t use us because we’re broken. No matter what broken state we’re in, we are never beyond God’s reach. We are never so far gone that God can’t make us effective for His purposes. Christ came to heal, deliver, restore, and set us free (Jn 8:36).
Remember, there is no plan B for your life. Before you were born, God knew all the mistakes you’d make. When you put your life in God’s hands, it doesn’t mean you’ll never goof up again. You’ll still make bad decisions. You’ll still mess up. When you make a mistake, God says, 'I can fit that in too. I can use it all for good'.
And "we know that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Rom 8:28). Praise God! We don’t have to wallow in our mistakes. We’ve all made mistakes. We’ve all sinned. But because of God’s mercy, we don’t have to dwell on our past. We can repent and turn away from our sin. Our past doesn’t have to hold us back from doing the work God has given us to do. God wants us ALL to know that, it is BECAUSE of OUR mistakes that He uses us, NOT in spite of them!
It’s not only your best skills and traits that can be used for His purposes. God wants to redeem your WEAKNESSES and use them to reclaim the world and draw people to him. And he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing” (2 Cor 12:9-11).
By permission:
Thanks for “Taking 5" ∙ Gary Waddell ∙ Victory Ministries Middle Tennessee
www.iamnotashamed.com ∙ God bless and bless GOD
