Daily Devotional for Sunday October 17, 1999

God Wants To Use You Today

God wants to use you today. Understanding this life is much easier when we understand why we are here. God created us to serve and glorify him. Our jobs, our families, our hobbies....these are all parts of our life on this earth. None of them represents our reason for being though. We are here to serve our creator. I am convinced through scripture, that as long as we are on this earth, God has a plan for our lives. There is no accident, no disaster, no bullet, no knife, no plane crash, no car wreck...NOTHING...that can end our life before God is done using us to fulfill His plan.

I don't know in what form or fashion God wants to use you today. Possibly just to give a word of encouragement to someone who is down. Maybe to take an active role in some area of your church life. Possibly to volunteer some time to a ministry that He has connected you with. What I do know, is that God wants to use you this day and is looking for your obedience. Many of our blessings in this life come because we were faithful and obedient. We miss many of our blessings because we rebelled and didn't listen to that "still small voice" trying to tell us the direction God wanted us to go.

Spend a few minutes right now in prayer. Maybe you already know what it is God is asking you to do. Now is the time to respond. Maybe you aren't quite sure. Pray. Trust me, He will give you an answer. While we spend much of our life dealing with the daily necessities of living in this world, let us never forget why we are here and try each day to fulfill that purpose.

May you be greatly blessed this day as you go out and serve Him!!!!