I have a signed hockey jersey thats been hanging in my closet for a few years. A lot of sports fans hold onto things like that. Perhaps you have or know someone who has valuable pieces of sports memorabilia.
Its funny to me that we place such value on those things. After all, a baseball bat is really pretty useless when it leans against the wall by itself. But put it in the hands of Babe Ruth, and suddenly it can win a World Series. A football is actually a fairly cumbersome and worthless object, but in the right hands, it can electrify a crowd of thousands and bring home a Super Bowl.
The object that was used deserves none of the credit for the things accomplished by those who use it.
Christian, you can try to go out and do great and mighty things for God, but until you realize that you and I are nothing more than tools in His hands, and allow Him to have His perfect way in and through you, then you will not yield the results you are looking for.
Some Christians want to accomplish great things, but for the wrong reasons. They want to receive recognition for their work, or be considered devout, pious, generous, or whatever.
For us to give any kind of honor or recognition to the Christian who does things for God is like congratulating the baseball that won the World Series. It’s nothing but an instrument, and so are we.
We can look at the Billy Grahams and the Greg Lauries of the world and hold them up in high esteem, but really, they are simply tools in the Master’s hands, and He has just as much a plan for your life as He has for theirs. It may not include speaking before thousands of people, but His calling for you is just as important, and your role in the advancement of the kingdom is just as vital.
Have you discovered the will of God for your life? Are you asking Him to reveal it to you? He has great things for you to do.
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Just remember, He is the one who does the work through you, and He gets all the credit. What He calls you to do is yield to His will, and do it in the power of the Holy Spirit within you.
Philippians 2:13 “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”