Read Exodus 4:1-9, 17
Conventional wisdom questions how much can be accomplished with little. We tend to believe that a lot more can be done if we have large financial resources, talented manpower and innovative ideas. But these things don’t matter to God. Consider just a couple of examples:
In Judges 3:31, a relative unknown man named Shamgar delivered Israel from the Philistines single-handedly. How? He won a great victory by killing 6000 Philistines with nothing more than an oxgoad (a stick sharpened on one end to drive slow-moving animals).
In Exodus, when God asked Moses to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt, Moses was afraid the people wouldn’t listen to him or follow him. So God said, “What is that in your hand?” (4:2). Moses replied, “A rod.” God went on to use that rod in Moses’ hand to convince the people to follow him, to turn the Nile River into blood, to bring great plagues on Egypt, to part the Red Sea and to perform miracles in the wilderness.
Moses’ rod and Shamgar’s ox-goad, when dedicated to God, became mighty tools. This helps us see that God can use what little we have, when surrendered to Him, to do great things. God is not looking for people with great ability, but for those who are dedicated to following and obeying Him.
Prayer:
¥ Pray that your congregation would be God focused and willing to do the tasks set for it by God. Pray for power equal to the tasks not tasks equal to your power. Pray that God would be glorified as you do the work given to you by God.
¥ Pray that the work of Uni Impact (through the Richards in NZ) would be powerful and active. Ask God to use them to grow His kingdom, to make disciples and to send those disciples out on Mission.
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