A thought by Christine Caine from her book, Unstoppable: Running the Race You Were Born To Win (p. 84). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
I know there are people who want to be a part of what God is doing today. They want to be a part of his divine relay. But they think because they are so ordinary God isn’t calling them to be a part. They don’t have what it takes. Maybe you are one of those people.
Christine says, “The Bible is full of ordinary people whom God called to his divine relay. Which of them, in their power, their resources, or their ways had what was required to do what God called them to do? Not one.
“Moses was told to lead his people from slavery, then was caught between Pharaoh’s chariots and the Red Sea. Joshua was told to conquer the walled city of Jericho armed with nothing more than trumpets. Gideon was told to defeat the massive Midianite army after the Lord purposefully shrank his army from 32,000 men to only 300 armed with nothing more than trumpets, torches, and empty jars. Peter was beckoned by Jesus to get out of the boat and walk on water.”
She goes on, “Are you catching the theme here? Just like these people, when we learn to focus on who God is rather than on what we are not, we see that it is God who is working in us to do the very thing he has purposed to do in our lives. As we learn to run the race, accept his batons, and submit to his training, God’s work in and through us is always growing and increasing. Christ in us becomes an unstoppable force in our lives and is spilled out into the lives of others.
“Carrying the baton in our race is never about what we can accomplish for God. If he wanted, God could accomplish everything on his own without us, just as he created the heavens and the earth. He could have slain Pharaoh’s army and horses in mid-step and melted the chariots in the blink of an eye. He could have brought the walls of Jericho down as Joshua and his men were sleeping. He could have turned the massive Midianite army to stone before Gideon’s men blew a trumpet. He could have transformed the wild waves beneath Peter’s feet to solid rock. God’s goal in each of those cases was to do far more than accomplish a task — it was to build the faith of his people. He wanted them to grow in their experience of him. He wanted his people to taste his power and be transformed by his might.”
And that is what he wants to do in and through us.
She then says, “As you carry your baton, Christ’s unstoppable power is expanding in you. His impact on your world is going to increase. His transformation in you is going to increase. Once you’ve grasped this mystery — Christ in you-you will transform the world through acts of love and you will be continually transformed on the inside to become more like him.”
That is where Christ wants to be? He wants to be in you he wants you to ask him to come in. Will you ask him? Will you?
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