Thursday, July 17, 2008

A Person God will Use

Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!”“Here I am, Lord!” he said.11 “Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he may regain his sight.” 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

Acts 9:10-13 (HCSB)


If God is all powerful why does it seem that we don't see Him working like He did in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Could it possible be that the problem is not God but our unwillingness to be obedient.

Henry Blackaby writes:
"The reason God has not brought great revival to more places is not that He is unable or that He is unwilling. He first looks for those willing to have their lives radically adjusted away from their self-centered activities and placed into the center of God's activity around the world."(Experiencing God, Devotional. May 23)

We really must stop and ask ourselves, "do I see God working around me?" If not why not? It's not God He is at work. It certainly may be our willingness to respond to Him.

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