Let God Use You

Let God Use You "Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies." Psalm 36:5 My friends, do you know just how much God loves you, and that He gave His life for you, to suffer and die on the cross for your sins, and to give you His eternal gift of salvation. His promises are true, and your eternal destiny is settled forever, if you have trusted Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior. But there is still work to be done in our lives, even after we accept His free gift. Some of this work may come through the valleys of trials and suffering that you may be asked to bear. Jesus suffered on the cross for you and the forgiveness of your sins. Are you going to be resistant to suffering some for Him? Or are you going to be clay in His hands, knowing that He is intent on shaping you into the image of Christ, and that He may want to use your life for something far bigger than your own comfort, convenience, and pleasure? He may want your life to be part of a grand, eternal redemptive picture that portrays the wonder of His saving grace. His plans may be different from the ones you had envisioned, and may take some compromise on your part for them to come to fulfillment. You may not understand fully how God's great puzzle will come together, but one day that picture will be complete, and together we will magnify Him forever. In the meantime, we can go surrendered and willingly, trusting God and His higher ways, or we can go kicking and screaming. The choice is ours. I would encourage you to go forward in ways that are pleasing to Him, ways that place you in the center of His great will and plan. Let God lead you, and go humbly, in faith, and on bended knee. For our own good and His glory, let’s go gracefully, and with a grateful heart, that God loves us, and has much in store for us when we reach our final destination, by His side in Heaven. Robert W. Brock My Daily Devotional Volume Seven​ May 14