God Wants To Use Me? July 29th Devotional

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1 Corinthians 12:12

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.

One night I was preaching at this church, and was in full time ministry working as a counselor and worship coordinator, and also did some evangelistic work teaching at different churches in Texas and Oklahoma. The message I felt like speaking about at this one church was that everyone in this church is important and has a specific place in the body of Christ, and told them that it's not just the Pastor or those involved in full time ministry in the church that only does the works of Christ. It's all of us. I told them that the minister's in the church supposed to equip the body of Christ to go out and advance God's Kingdom and do the works of Jesus. I looked back in the back row and immediately saw a young man who seemed like he got lost in the shuffle. I spoke that I felt like there is someone here who feels like you don't have any part in what is going on in the church, and spoke that God does have something for everyone here, and He is speaking to all of you right now to take that step of faith and walk in what He called us all in. That young man that I was focusing on came running to the altar. I walked down from the pulpit and prayed with him. We should never let the devil tell us that we are not special in God's eyes. We have a part to play. One of the tactics that the enemy uses is to make us think that we don't have a part to play in the church. We have to cast down all imaginations and thought patterns that tempts us to disconnect from the body of Christ. We all have a part to play, and we are a body made up of many parts. That young man that I prayed with was touched that night and exhorted to play a part in what God is doing. How many times do many get lost in the shuffle. I'm talking about born again Christians. You may feel like this young man, and you feel like you don't fit in or you can't be used by God. I want to encourage you today to get plugged in like never before. As the faithfulness to the body of Christ increases, so shall our destiny here on earth unfold before us. As we get plugged in to the church with a good attitude we will find out what God has really called us to.

Prayer:

Lord we ask that you help us to plug in to the church in such a powerful way. We ask that you give us a revelation of why we are here, and help us Lord to find that placement in the body of Christ like never before, Amen.

by Keith Edwards