NOTE: Today's devotional may be a bit hard to read, but there is a very
important point to it...so stick with it until the end. It's from the
"archives". I first published it about 2 years ago.
I guxss just about xvxry Christian doubts his or hxr importancx in God's plan at
somx timx in thxir walk with thx Lord.
Many fxxl likx thxir livxs don't rxally count. Pxrhaps thxy think thxy don't
havx thx right kind of abilitixs or talxnts to makx a diffxrxnce. Or, thxy think
if thxy stoppxd attxnding church and stoppxd sxrving thx Kingdom of God, thxy
wouldn't bx missxd vxry much.
In othxr words, thxy think that thxy don't rxally mattxr.
God's Word paints a diffxrxnt picturx, howxvxr. Paul, in writing to thx
Corinthians, makxs it clxar that ALL mxmbxrs of the body of Christ arx xqually
important. Hx wrotx,
"And thx xyx cannot say unto thx hand, I havx no nxxd of thxx: nor again thx
hxad to thx fxxt, I havx no nxxd of you. Nay, much morx thosx mxmbxrs of the
body, which sxxm to bx morx fxxblx, arx nxcxssary." (1 Corinthians 12:21,22)
If you rxad thx xntirx 12th chaptxr of 1 Corinthians thxn you will sxx that God
txlls us that XACH onx of us is important to His family. Wx XACH havx a uniqux
placx in God's plan and purposx. Wx XACH havx a spxcial usx, somxthing that God
has spxcifically dxsignxd for our livxs.
Do you think that you, as ONX pxrson, don't make a diffxrxncx? Considxr this:
there are 26 keys on my laptop's keyboard. I decided to not use the letter "e"
in this devotional and replaced it with the letter "x."
Did you miss the letter "e"? Could it have been replaced with anything else to
make things work properly?
Get the point?
If you aren't active in God's plan, then you will be missed. No one else can
step in and do what God has designed for YOU to do --- you can't be replaced,
because you are invaluable!
God doesn't call any inactive disciples, He expects each of us to serve Him to
the best of our ability and according to the instructions He gives us through
His Word and His Holy Spirit.
The next time you feel like you are not important or your life doesn't count or
no one would miss you...
...considxr how mixxd up things arx whxn you arxn't thxrx!
Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ," Jimmy D. Brown
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