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'Serve the Lord with gladness' Psalm 100:2
'I can't do anything'; 'I'm rubbish me'; 'I'm useless'; 'I've messed up big time.' The Bible may tell us to serve the Lord with gladness but how can we do that if we think we're useless, rubbish, can't do anything, or just too bad?
It's easy to compare ourselves to other people and think we're not good enough to serve God. But think again. The Bible is full of people God chose to use who weren't exactly perfect:
Moses stuttered, David's armour didn't fit him, John Mark was undependable, Jacob was a liar, Abraham was too old, Joseph was a nuisance, Peter was a coward, Jonah was disobedient, Jeremiah was suicidal, Elijah suffered from depression, Paul, Moses and David committed murder, Zacchaeus was very short, Timothy had ulcers, Lazarus was dead, Miriam was a gossip, Gideon and Thomas were doubters, John the Baptist dressed funny, Mary, Daniel and so many others were only teenagers...
God doesn't do job interviews, or background checks or ask for references, He doesn't care what your qualifications are - He chooses to use you, just as you are.
Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, said, 'I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. Finally I ended up asking Him to do His work through me.' When you come to believe, really believe, that serving is God working through you, you'll be able to 'serve the Lord with gladness' everywhere and anywhere.
written by Bob Gass
'Serve the Lord with gladness' Psalm 100:2
'I can't do anything'; 'I'm rubbish me'; 'I'm useless'; 'I've messed up big time.' The Bible may tell us to serve the Lord with gladness but how can we do that if we think we're useless, rubbish, can't do anything, or just too bad?
It's easy to compare ourselves to other people and think we're not good enough to serve God. But think again. The Bible is full of people God chose to use who weren't exactly perfect:
Moses stuttered, David's armour didn't fit him, John Mark was undependable, Jacob was a liar, Abraham was too old, Joseph was a nuisance, Peter was a coward, Jonah was disobedient, Jeremiah was suicidal, Elijah suffered from depression, Paul, Moses and David committed murder, Zacchaeus was very short, Timothy had ulcers, Lazarus was dead, Miriam was a gossip, Gideon and Thomas were doubters, John the Baptist dressed funny, Mary, Daniel and so many others were only teenagers...
God doesn't do job interviews, or background checks or ask for references, He doesn't care what your qualifications are - He chooses to use you, just as you are.
Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, said, 'I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. Finally I ended up asking Him to do His work through me.' When you come to believe, really believe, that serving is God working through you, you'll be able to 'serve the Lord with gladness' everywhere and anywhere.
written by Bob Gass
