GOD CAN USE YOU!! Part 1. God has specific reasons for creating everything and nothing is too large or small for Him to use. Even ants have a function. Consider this…one colony of Allegheny Ants can move 5 tons of subsoil and turn it into topsoil in just one year! If that wasn’t incredible enough, during the process of “creating” the topsoil, the saliva, digestive juices and other secretions from the ants enrich the soil by increasing the nutrients found therein. In order to move that much soil in such a relatively short period of time, the colony needs to work steadily and tirelessly. In Proverbs 6:6 we read: “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:” If God can use a tiny ant to move and enrich the soil, how much more can He do through and with us?! Let’s examine some of the ways we can be of use to Him. God can use us when we see others compassionately. In Matthew 9:36 we are told: “But when He (Jesus) saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd…” How many of us see others with the compassion of Christ? Do we take into account the circumstances surrounding and affecting them? Do we know their personal stories…their truths? DO WE REALLY WANT TO? Some people wear their “hearts on their sleeves,” while others are as silent and staid as a statue. Many of those around us are easy to read and understand, however, the majority tend to be complex and almost inscrutable due to years of surviving in a duplicitous and ungodly society. And yet, we are to exemplify Christ…not just in our thoughts, but also in our words and actions…in our emotions and beliefs…every day, not just when we feel like it…in every way, not just when convenient. This is not an option…it is the reality of the true believer in Christ.The compassion of Christ is also made manifest through love…not through sexual or physical expressions but through Agape as described in 1 Corinthians 13:7 which states: love “…Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. ” In Christ, compassion and love are inseparable…and because of this, it is natural to reach out in compassionate tenderness to those in need.It is necessary to remember that God is love (1John 4:16). Jesus, in John 10:30, stated that He and His Father are One, therefore, Christ Jesus is also love. To understand Him more fully, read 1 Corinthians 13:7 thusly: Christ beareth all things, Christ believeth all things, Christ hopeth all things, Christ endureth all things. Christ loves all of His creation…even those we perceive to be different or unlovable…and since He loves them, so should we. People need the Lord…and they need to see and meet Him through us.How often do we react to the desperate needs of mankind in fear…in contempt…or with rejection instead of being moved to compassion as Jesus was in Matthew 9:36b? Without Christ, we are all like blind men who are searching in a dark room for a black cat that doesn’t actually exist! However, according to 1 Peter 2:9, God uses His children to reach people who are trapped in that desperate condition…He uses us to bring His light and His sight to that dark room.Almighty and Everliving God, please open my eyes so that I see people in the way you want me to…open my heart so that Your love and compassion shines forth …and use me however You want to so that Your Kingdom increases. To You belongs all the praise, honour and the glory now and forever. Amen
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