The Word For Today

"The Lord said ... "What is that in your hand?""
Exodus 4:2 NIV

One of the biggest mistakes we make is comparing ourselves with someone else and concluding that because we don't have their particular talents, we 'don't have what it takes'. One day, God said to Moses, 'What is that in your hand?' Moses replied, 'A rod' (Ex 4:2). Just a walking stick; no big deal. Really? God used it to dry up the Red Sea! Understand this: God can take something you've had all your life and thought was of little importance, and use it to accomplish great things. But that only happens when you are willing to acknowledge its potential, and place it in His hands.

There's a hilarious story about a couple of nuns who worked in a hospital, who ran out of petrol while driving to work one morning. A service station was nearby, but they had no petrol container. Suddenly, one of them remembered a bedpan in the trunk of their car. The petrol was put into the pan and they carried it very carefully back to the car. As the nuns were pouring the petrol from the bedpan into the petrol tank, two men were driving by. Staring in disbelief, one said to the other, 'Now, Fred, that's what I call faith!' It appeared to be foolish. The trouble was, those doubters just didn't 'know the truth'. And were they ever surprised when those two nuns went roaring by them on the freeway!

The Bible says, 'Without faith it is impossible to please God' (Heb 11:6 NIV). It takes faith to see walking sticks and bedpans as 'the tools needed to do the job!' But when you give God what you've got, amazing things happen in your life!

From The Word For Today