28 Proofs That God Can Use You
Have you ever looked at someone else’s resume and thought, There’s no way God can use me?
Comparing yourself (which is always a bad idea by the way) will have you completely focused on his brains, her skills, his looks, her ability, his connections, her opportunity, his luck…
When you compare your flaws to someone else’s strengths – at least the ones they’ll let you see – you will always come up thinking God can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t use you. But hear this clearly, my friend…
Your flaws are not your identity. Your flaws don’t define you. God does. He looks at you and says, “Yup. Just the way I like it.”
A while back, a pastor I know shared a list that starts to put all this in perspective a bit. I have added a few myself.
If God can use these people He can certainly use you and me.
After all…
- Noah was a drunk
- Abraham was too old
- Isaac was a daydreamer
- Jacob was a liar
- Leah was ugly
- Joseph was abused
- Moses had a stuttering problem
- Gideon was afraid
- Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
- Rahab was a prostitute
- Jeremiah was too young
- David was an adulterer (not to mention a murderer)
- Elijah was suicidal
- Isaiah preached naked
- Jonah ran from God
- Naomi was a widow
- Job went bankrupt
- John the Baptist ate bugs
- Andrew lived in the shadow of his big brother
- Peter denied Christ
- All the disciples fell asleep while praying (and ran away when Jesus really needed them.)
- Martha worried about everything
- The Samaritan woman was divorced (more than once)
- Mary Magdalene was demon-possessed
- Zaccheus was too small
- Timothy had an ulcer
- Paul was a Christian-killer
- Oh…and Lazarus was dead
Hmmm…I think God can use you…and me…and him…and her…
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