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God Can Use You.
God always uses broken vessels to accomplish His purpose.
By broken vessels, I don’t mean broken down vessels.
I mean people who know what it’s like to hurt.
People who know how to feel the pain of disappointment and heartache. Not just in their lives, but also in the lives of others.
Unfortunately there are people out there who feel it’s all about them.
These people are loved by God. No doubt.
But in the grand scheme of things, they usually carry more baggage than usefulness.
People who look inside and have a longing to do more and be more, are going to be broken.
People who look out on the world and realize what is happening. People who look out and see what is going on are going to be broken.
If you have any compassion and emotion at all, it has to break your heart to some degree to see the injustice, pain and suffering in this world.
People who see it, recognize and embrace it, are people that can be used by God.
A number of people – the Bible’s heroes of the Faith – were broken or had failed miserably in their lives. Even so, God raised them up in marvelous ways, to fulfill His will and purpose.
Even when we make mistakes, we can trust God to make something good out of our situation.
God used Moses, a murderer, to deliver the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage.
God used Jacob, a liar and trickster, to fulfill the promise that Abraham’s seed would be blessed.
God used Rahab, a brothel madam, in the messianic family tree, to deliver Joshua and Caleb.
He used Sarah, a woman who laughed in disbelief when God promised to bless Abraham and Sarah’s union with a son, and she became the mother of a nation.
God used the heroes of faith to fulfill His purpose, and He used them in spite of their weaknesses, their attitudes and their circumstances.
God can use you for His purpose as well, no matter what you’ve done or what you’re going through.
God does not want you to stay broken.
But from that brokenness, from that humility, will be your strength.
Your empowerment comes from a purpose outside of yourself. A greater cause.
The world does not revolve around us.
We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.
What we do inevitably affects each other.
We owe it to each other to do the best we can with the hand that we have been dealt.
What does it take? It takes courage.
Courage to step out into the unfamiliar.
Courage to step out into difficulty and discomfort.
Willingness to do battle for the greater good of the human family.
You don’t have to be Mother Teresa, but look around. There are plenty of opportunities to be used. To do good for someone. To help someone. To make someone else’s life on this planet a bit easier to handle.
All you have to be is available and willing.
The question is: Are you willing to do that?