TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

“So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us.  We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.”  (2 Corinthians 5:20 Amplified)

TODAY’S THOUGHT

J. Hudson Taylor was a missionary that God used mightily in China.  In fact, he was the most widely used missionary in China’s history.  It was written that during his 51 years of service in China that at least 35,000 people received Christ and he baptized nearly 50,000.  The success of Taylor’s ministry was his total commitment to the cause of Christ.  He said, “I used to ask God if He would come and help me. Then I asked if I could come and help Him. Finally I ended by asking God to do His own work through me.”

Taylor understood the importance of making himself available to be used by God.  As a young teenager who heard and responded to the call of God on his life, Taylor learned he could trust and obey God and that God would bring forth the increase.  Through his life of dedicated prayer and willingness to be used, God used Taylor in a miraculous way.

Likewise, when we surrender our hearts to God and make ourselves available for His service, we too will fulfill the destiny God has for our lives.  No matter our gifting or talents, God has an unique plan for each of us.  God is at work right now constantly looking for someone who will step up and say, “Here I am Lord.  Use me!”

Today, I encourage you to make yourself available for God’s service.  God desires to use you to be His ambassador to carry out His agenda on earth. It is not your ability that attracts God, it is your availability.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.”

—J. Hudson Taylor