Be All That You Can Be

 Happy Sunday!

"Remember Elijah? He was a man, no different from us. He prayed with great intensity asking God to withhold the rain; God answered his prayers and did not allow a single drop of rain to fall for three and a half years."(James 5:17, Voice).

Have you ever thought to yourself, "What can I do? I'm just one person."  Sure you have.  People think less of themselves all the time.  It's why people stay in abusive relationships, unproductive communities, and dead-end jobs.  But God is so Good!  He has filled the Word with examples of humans living supernaturally, and has promised that we can do likewise.  Even Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."(John 14:12, KJV).

You are one, but you are not alone.  Your life matters.  Someone needs what you have to give.  I know I've told you this story before, but I will repeat it again.  A minister prepared for a great revival meeting.  God spoke to his heart and told him that thousands of people would be saved because of his ministry.  That night only one young man came forward to accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior.  Not the ending the minister expected, but that one young man was Billy Graham.  This one young man "preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to some 215 million people who attended one of his more than 400 Crusades, simulcasts and evangelistic rallies in more than 185 countries and territories. He reached millions more through TV, video, film, the internet and 34 books."(https://memorial.billygraham.org/official-obituary/).

What are you doing with what God has given you?  When he returns like the "man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods", what will you have to show for your time on earth?  Will he say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."(Matthew 25:21, KJV).   Or will he say, "You’re a wicked, lazy servant!"?(vs 26, Phillips).  OUCH!  I hope that's not what you hear, and pray that you make the necessary changes while you can.  The master goes on to say, "throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where he can weep and wail over his stupidity."(vs 30, Phillips).

Don't be stupid, wicked, or lazy.  Romans 14:19 says, "So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly pursue what makes for harmony and for mutual upbuilding (edification and development) of one another."(Amplified).

Love and prayers, Cynthia