Here’s something to think about: you don’t always have to be knowledgeable to accomplish the plan of God in your world, but you DO have to be willing to be used.
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| Gladys Aylward 1902-1970 |
How many times have you pushed through your fear of witnessing or speaking comforting words to someone and found that verses “you didn’t even know you knew” just came pouring out of you? How does that work?? It’s pretty simple actually. You can do it because you have “fed” those verses into your life through daily habits. Then, the willingness to break through those barriers of fear and personal doubt will always provide immensely rewarding results because God loves to use the willing!
Gladys Aylward (click on her name for more information), a young lady who followed the call of God to the country of China and made a difference in thousands of lives, made a profound statement about the “usability” of a willing vessel. She said, “I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China… I don’t know who it was… it must have been a man… a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing… and God looked down… and saw Gladys Aylward… And God said, “Well, she’s willing.””
Give us the heart of Isaiah, who heard God call: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
May his answer be echoed in our own spirit: “Here am I; send me.”
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