Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7
Are you a servant of God?
Do you know how to be a servant of God?
Do you think that God tells you what He wants you to do and then leaves you to do it on your own?
God does not leave you to do His will. He is right there with you the whole time. You are joining him in His work. Not the other way around.
God used Moses to work through His plan. God was already at work around Moses. God pursued a continuing love relationship with Moses that was real and personal. God invited Moses to become involved with His work. He revealed to Moses what he was going to do. When God reveals His plan that is an invitation to join His work. Moses obeyed God. Through Moses God accomplish what Moses couldn’t do on his own. Moses and the people came to know God as their Deliverer. For Moses to be a servant, He had to leave his job and his in-laws, and move to Egypt. He had to adjust his way of life to that of God’s. After He made these adjustments, He was able to obey God. It meant that Moses would be working where God was working. Moses was a servant that was moldable and remained in God. Moses was humble. He felt humility and unworthiness to be used by God in such a significant way. Moses obey God in everything God told him to do. He did this, Israel and Moses had a greater knowledge of God.
The scripture shows how God uses ordinary people. Elijah was another person God used. Elijah prayed and God responded. When Peter and John had to go before the Sanhedrin to give accounts of their actions, the Holy Spirit filled Peter and He boldly spoke to the leaders. Even today, God still uses ordinary men and women to join in with His work.
So exactly how do we be a servant? By being obedient to God. Do what He asks us to do and let His glory shine through us. Be faithful to God. Trust him with all things, trust God with where He puts you on this earth. Don’t compare yourself to the world’s standards. God’s standards and the world’s standards are very different. Paul says that God deliberately seeks out the weak things and despised things because that is where God receives His greatest glory. It is then that everyone will know that only God could have done it. No one else!
We may think we are not good enough to be used by God, but we don’t see everything from God’s perspective. We can do all things through Jesus Christ who gives us strength.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank you for your ways. I pray that we will be obedient to you and your ways. I pray that we will adjust our ways to your ways and be willing to change to be used by you. Father, I pray that we will know more of you and how you make the impossible – possible. We may be ordinary, but you make us extraordinary for your glory. Thank you.
In Jesus. Name
Amen
