My friends, do you have great burden about people around you? Do you want to help those people who are in need, poor, fatherless? Do you want to help people who are hungry, cold, without shelter, disaster victims, etc? If your heart is moved to help them, I rejoice with you for God has put something inside your heart, which is love toward others.
Many of us have burden to help people but we have no resources and it seems impossible to be done. "Who am I? I am nothing, I am the least among the people" you asked. My friends, if this case happened to you, I want you to stop thinking like that, stop putting God inside your box, stop limiting Him. Do you know that with God all things are possible? You should be thankful for that burden, it is the purpose of your life, it is your vision. For the Bible said, "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he (Proverb 29:18).
There are a lot of people who don't know the purpose of their life, and because of that, they just follow the crowd. They don't know what to do, where to go, etc. They have no direction in life, just try to figure out with their own strength what best for their own future. Worries, problems, sorrows, regrets, short-time joy will always accompany them. People who have no purpose of living are like robot, outwardly they are moving, but inwardly they are dead. Something is always missing in their heart, they can't be fully satisfied. They are chasing after the wind, and will always be like that until they die.
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If you don't have any burden about people, if you don't have any vision, you better go and ask God. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord, he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does (James 1:6-8).
God will always put something looks impossible in our eyes as our vision. Who has ever imagined that Moses will lead Israelites out of Egypt, the Red Sea will be divided into two so that Israelites can pass through, Jericho walls will fall just because Israelites go marching around them for seven days, Gideon will win the battle with just 300 people to fight multitude of people that no one can count, David will beat 9 feet champion, Goliath, just with a sling and a stone, etc? God wants to teach us about faith and He chooses the despised, the weak, people who think they are nobody to be His servants.
God makes human full of weaknesses, just a breath, because through that weaknesses, He can show to the people how strong He is, how great He is, how mighty He is. It is all about His name to be glorified. He loves those who are humble and He is the One who will lift them up. God is jealous God, when He sees man take His glory, He will punish them. Just imagine if you have made very good work by your own hand, but somebody else boasting as if it is his work and start discredit you, what will you do? Will you not deal with him justly? The same thing happen with God. This universe and everything in it created by God, so when someone acting and playing god, He will surely punish them.
He hates pride, He hates people who take His glory for themselves. As He made Nebuchadnezzar lived like a beast for 7 years because he bragged, His angel struck down King Herod because he took the glory of God for himself, God punished David when he tried to number the fighting men he had, when he tried to boast about his strength, not God's.
So, my friends, if you think you are incapable of doing anything without God, if you love God with all your heart, your mind and your soul, if you love your neighbours, if you fear the Lord, you are most probably will be used by Him to do great things for Bible said, "If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself (Galatians 6:3). Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up (James 4:10).
We are nothing, but Jesus inside us is more than anything, we are weak but Jesus inside us is powerful, we are despised and lowly but Jesus inside us is King of kings, Lord of lords, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Him. The more we allow God to have free course in us, the more we will see heaven come down to earth in our life. The more we are full of Jesus, the more we have access to the storeroom in heaven. It is not about us, it is all about Jesus in us. If you believe and have faith that Jesus inside you is capable in doing all things, even resurrect dead people and you ask with the right motive, for His name to be glorified, not for your flesh to be popped up, you will see miracles happen in your life through your faith.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us (Isaiah 6:8)?" Some people will answer "Here am I. Send me!" Some people will answer "Lord, first let me go and bury my father (Matthew 8:21)." To those people who refuse and make excuse before God, they have missed their chance to be extra-ordinary people, to be more than conquerors. God will raise another person whose heart is ready.
As Mordecai told Esther when God wanted to use her to save her people but she was afraid by saying "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this (Esther 4:14)?"
Are you a student? Are you a housewife? Are you a manager? Whatever position you have, if God has put burden inside you, it is time for you to move, no more keep silent and start preparing yourself for His work and you will see things happen. Until when you will wait? Until you see angel come to you? until your sickness be healed first? until you see miracles happen in your life first? To those people who ask signs and wonders before they move, you can die waiting for miracles will happen if you practice your faith, not being idle.
As Pharisees demanded signs even though Jesus did miracles everyday, some of us are behaving exactly the same, we forget what God has done in our life, we still expect something bigger to happen. To those people Jesus pointed them to the sign of Jonah when he was 3 days and 3 nights in fish's belly, and in your case, Jesus was pointed you to His death and His resurrection power, He pointed you to His cross, to salvation from God. He wants you to repent, confess your sins, surrender all and have faith in Jesus Christ first before you are used greatly by Him. If you keep asking signs, you better repent or die waiting.
There is a story about two farmers who expecting the rain to water their fields. Both of them believe in God and both of them pray earnestly, but one of them go and preparing his field, work hard for it so that when the rain come, the land is ready to absorb the water, another one just stay in his room doing nothing. Who do you think will get the blessing from God? And what kind of farmer are you?
Now, if you really have faith and love toward people, if you really want to be used by God greatly, if you ready and have counted the cost. It is time for you to practice your faith. It is God's way to give you according your faithfulness. He will not give you immediately something big, for you will end up boasting about yourself. Bible said, "'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness (Matthew 25:21)!'
Bible said, "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases (Proverbs 21:1)". My friends, you should not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself (Matthew 6:34). God will bring people to support and help you, God will give you wisdom about how you will do your vision for His work. Just be faithful and know that God hates lazy people, Bible said, "If a man will not work, he shall not eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10)."
What you need to do is to be like a little boy who came to Jesus with five small barley loaves and two small fish. It is Jesus who will multiply it, not you, not me, not us, but Jesus inside us. What we need to do is to have faith like a little child who think that my Father in heaven is able to do all things which in our eyes are impossible. Don't see with your physical eyes, but see with eye of faith.
Don't think that miracles only happened until book of Acts. Our God is unchanging God, His Word remains forever. What He has done in the past, He is doing it right now and He will do it in the future. Jesus even said, "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well (Mark 16:17-18)."
Are you a believer? If you are, please start acting like Jesus. Bring and surrender all your talents, your ability, your knowledge, your ambition, your passion, your skill, etc to God and don't be surprise if you excel in everything multiply. Daniel and his friends, Joseph, Esther, David, Solomon, and those who fear the Lord always be extra-ordinary people, they shine brightly. Do you want to be one of them? Humble yourself before God, surrender all to Him and tell Him to do whatever He pleases to discipline you, to mold you, to purify and cleanse you so that you will be an instrument of noble purposes, so that you are prepared and useful to do His work.
2 Timothy 2:20-21
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work
Find your vision and purpose of living in God and start doing it with faith. God bless you
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