“Strangely enough, the eternal work of God is done largely on a human timetable.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus (2003-09-04) from his book, Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul (Kindle Location 1408). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.

Wow. The potential that is available through us is astounding and also the potential to stop from happening because of us is overwhelming.

I am reading right now daily of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and specifically right now about God’s moving Paul from Jerusalem to Rome where God had a great plan for Paul. Now he is in the middle of being taken to Rome by Roman soldiers. The Jews in Jerusalem are trying to kill him. But God wants Paul to write a big part of the New Testament. During this difficult process to get him there Paul doesn’t know God’s full plans but he was just following one step at a time.

Now from that background, what if during one of those times of Paul’s standing up with Christ’s story and bringing out great hate from the Jews, what if he had said, “Enough is enough, I am tired of being hated”? What if he would have done that, it would have been understandable but he would have missed out on being a major part at sending Christ’s message out even to today. But he could have done that but look at what he would have missed.

And that brings us to you and me. What does God really want to do through us if we would totally follow Him no matter what? And that brings up so many what if’s in all of our lives.

So what if we started today doing what God wants to do through us? What if?

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