SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 Weekend Bible Reading: Job 41-42; 2 Corinthians 1-2; 2 Corinthians 3-6 DEVOTION The Person God Uses Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. —Colossians 3:23 When I was eighteen and a new believer, I quickly came to understand where the phrase starving artist came from. All I knew how to do was draw cartoons, so I was doing that as well as some freelance graphics on the side. I was trying to make ends meet, but most of all, I longed to be used by God. So I would hang around Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, waiting for an opportunity just to do something. One day one of the pastors said to me, Greg, I need you to do something for the church. I said, What is it? Preach the gospel to the ends of the earth? Pray for the sick? Im ready. Here am I, send me! We need you to buy a doorknob. A doorknob? Yes, he said. We need you to go to Sears and buy a new doorknob for the church door. It was a little job, but I was excited for the opportunity. I was on a mission from God to buy a doorknob. I went to Sears. There must have been three hundred kinds of doorknobs in every size, shape, and finish. I finally bought one and took it back to the church. I was so excited. (It turned out to be the wrong size . . . but I tried!) Are you excited for any opportunity to serve the Lord, even if its a little one? The issue really isnt big jobs or little jobs. Its that you are doing it for the Lord. Is that fact alone enough for you? Is it enough that God would want to guide you and use you? If so, then youre the kind of person He is looking for right now.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:37:34 +0000
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