It’s not about me.
Every day I find myself saying; “What if I… If I could just.. How great would it be if I…” It’s all in good hopes! They usually finish out in, “bring everyone to Jesus through my words,” but how selfish that is, really hit me recently. I want to bring others to God and I want to have the right words to do that, but that’s not in my control. The idea of having the right words can really be a fall in our thinking.
I knew of someone who always had the right words to say. They knew exactly how to inspire and bring others in. It drew me in too. But after a while, I could feel the insincerity of it. It seemed fluffed and it didn’t seem genuine. They never seemed to mess up. And maybe I’m overthinking it, or maybe the Lord just has gifted them with words.
I just know that the Lord will bring controversy to this world. We will mess up in our words, we will hurt people, we will make people uncomfortable. But the Lord finds ways to use us to bring others to Him and it’s all in His glory!
When we find others coming to church with us because of an invite, we should thank the Lord for giving us the opportunity to let that happen! When someone gets baptized, the heavens celebrate and the congregation celebrates because we know the Lord was moving in every aspect of this person’s life through people. God has a way of intertwining people together to fit someone’s needs and bring them to Him.
I’m so grateful to know that the God I serve will use me to bring others to Him. When I focus on what I can do alone, an overwhelming fear rushes in. But when I focus on the thought that God brings a specific person, to a specific location, in a specific season in my life. I know that it wasn’t me at all. I thank the Lord so much for that.
I’m so very limited, but He is limitless. I live surrounded by pain, death, and sin, but He gives life. He is so good.
This life is all about Him.
