Do you have that person in your life who always has the right words to say? They know when you need a push or when you just need a rock to rely on. I have an individual in my life who has been my rock recently. This morning on my way to work I was exhausted, not motivated, ready to turn around and go home. I was holding my eyes up with paper clips while listening to hardcore rap music to wake me up. As much as I love Lil Wayne, he was just not doing it for me today. I get to my desk and look at my phone to see that this individual texted me. The text simply said this “God made you exactly how you are so he will use you exactly how you are”……let me repeat that
GOD MADE YOU EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE SO HE WILL USE YOU EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE.
The amazing thing about God is although I’m half awake, my outfit isn’t matching, I didn’t brush my hair, and I have no motivation, that won’t deter God from using me for his good. GOD MEETS US WHERE WE ARE AT, IN THE SEASON WE ARE IN. He doesn’t say “well when they work on this I’ll use them or if they fix this then they will be ready”. No, God takes you for the state you are in and uses you to deliver his blessings. Think about it, in the bible the people he uses are average everyday people. He had the opportunity to choose the Angelina Jolie or the Barack Obama but he uses the murderer, he uses the lost, he uses the forgotten. HE KNOWS THAT NO MATTER WHAT STATE YOU ARE IN, IF YOU HAVE HIM IN YOUR HEART YOU ARE CAPABLE.
GOD LOOKS FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO DO EXTRODINARY THINGS.
We don’t have to change for God in order for him to love us. People in my life have told me at several different points that I wasn’t ready for something. I wasn’t ready for Varsity cheerleading, I wasn’t ready to get on the floor and sell cars; I wasn’t ready to be in that relationship. We think that because people tell us we aren’t ready then God will also think we aren’t ready to be used. The thing is God always sees us as a blank canvas ready to be used to help and deliver others. Our situations we are in, our environment, our state of being doesn’t determine the good we can do. IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNIG, THEN GOD CAN USE YOU.
Stop doubting the season you’re in and not feeling strong enough. You may be in your lowest point, fighting to keep going but that doesn’t deter God form using you. YOU ARE VALUABLE NO MATTER WHAT STAGE OF LIFE YOU ARE IN. You may view yourself as weak but we are made strong in him. He sees your weakness as strength, it’s about time you start seeing it too. VIEW YOURSELF THE WAY GOD VIEWS YOU AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF AMAZING THINGS EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL IT.
HE SEES THE BIG PICTURE WHEN WE ARE TOO STUCK ON A SPECIFIC CHAPTER. YOU ARE NEVER TOO WEAK, TOO DEPRESSED, TOO BEHIND, TO DELIEVER YOURSELF OR OTHERS.
He often puts us through hard times so that we will know how to help others when they go through the same thing. GOD KNOWS HOW STRONG WE ARE SO HE USES US TO GO THROUGH THE BATTLE SO THAT WE CAN HELP SOMONE WIN THE WAR. Instead of asking God why he chose us to go through the difficult time, thank him for seeing the potential in you and having confidence in knowing he chose you because he knows you can do it. HE KNOWS YOU CAN DO IT!
We don’t have to have “our shit together” for God to see the potential in us or to use us for a greater purpose. All we have to do is exist and he will take care of the rest. Have confidence in your trials that from them and through them you will be delivered. You were chosen because he saw the strength and courage in you that others need. He saw how strong you are and said “that’s my child”. He is so proud of us no matter what season we are in. Stop thinking you are useless or not good enough because you are made for greatness. He sees greatness in you.
I don’t feel strong right now, I don’t feel like I’m on top of the mountain but I know from my pain and weakness God will use it for good. I know that all I have to do is exist and know the truth. I know that through these trials God will use it to deliver someone else. I don’t know the battle I’m winning and I may never know the war I will win for someone else but I know that he uses us in every season.
FROM BROKENNESS COMES VICROTY. We can’t wave the flag of victim and victory at the same time. Put down the victim flag and pick up the victory. Know that he is working in you and through you. You are never a victim but a deliverer. You are never a victim but a testimony. You are never a victim but a survivor. God is working for the good in you.
Today I put down my victim flag and I pick up the victories that will come. I am extending my hand to you because dear friend you got this and please know you are not alone. God is using you. FROM ORDINARY PEOPLE COMES EXTRODINARY THINGS.
So I will leave you with the text this person sent me because it perfectly packages this whole piece. If you get one thing from this get this “GOD MADE YOU EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE SO HE WILL USE YOU EXACTLY HOW YOU ARE”. You got this!