These are some words from one of our favorite songs that we sing. We tend to sing them with the thought that if God can use an animal or if He can cause the rocks to cry out He can surely use me. Couldn't He? that's a pretty loaded question isn't it? He should be able to, but can He? So many times when we sing these songs we are moved by the emotion or the music that we forget that the only thing that keeps us from the very thing that we are singing about is ... ourselves! We look beyond ourselves and our poor positioning (because of our attitudes, wrong living or thought life, our very sin nature that we allow to rule us) and assume that a most Holy God will just over look our sin and elevate us to a place of use with nothing more than a prompting from a song we took 3 or 4 minutes out of our day to sing to Him? No. In spite of all the nice thoughts we like to believe, you know the ones - they're the ones that justify our sins and help bring that feeling of complacency - God will not be mocked.
So, where do we stand? Wow! This is an in your face question. Why should He choose to use you or me? What do we have within ourselves that could possibly surpass the ever amazing abilities of God? After all, He is not surprised by your talents - He gave them to you. So, what do you think? Do we dare venture a brazen assumption that He needs us? I don't think so. He is THE CREATOR - He doesn't need anyone. However, He does tell us, in His word, that He does love us and that His desire is that not 1 would perish. This would lead one to believe that He truly does desire to be our Father and that we would dwell with Him. Thank you Lord!!!
God has given each of us a free will and with that comes the ability to choose which path we will take in this life. Do you realize how great of an opportunity this is? I don't mean that it is a wonderful thing that we can choose to go the "low" road so to speak, but what I mean by "great" is just that - this is so huge or "great " of a decision that it not only impacts our lives , but the lives of countless others around us who we may not even be aware are watching!!! This is massive!!!
The Word of God says that it is appointed once for a man to die and then the judgement. We will stand before the throne of our creator and stand there alone and naked. He has seen all that we have done and all that we never repented of. He will hold us accountable for every idle word and deed and I truly believe that will apply for all those that we "helped" lead down the same "low" road.
Now, this road that I'm talking about surely doesn't apply to us faith talking, spirit walking, bible toting Christians. Does it? After all, we don't fall into the same category as the "un-saved". We have the blood of Christ. We sure do and that's even more reason to walk the talk. How will anyone who is not saved ever be able to see the hope of salvation through Christ when we who profess to be saved act and talk and walk just like the rest of the world? Why would God want anything like that? He said in His word that if you love the world you will hate HIM!! So I ask you... which one will it be???
Let's be like Paul. When he was Saul he was operating in this worlds system and ways of thinking, but when he was radically changed all who knew him noticed!! Does anyone notice a change about you? Does anyone want to have a life like yours? Do we exemplify the faithfulness of God in our lives? Are we truly trusting Him to be our provision and are we giving Him the praise and thanksgiving that He so greatly deserves even when we haven't even seen the answer yet? Let's get radical. Let's let God take the lead and tell us "how to" and "when to". let's get so consumed with a passion for Him that the former really can apply and when we open our mouths to sing these words...He will !!
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