I prayed to God,
“Let me do great things for you! Let me proclaim your Word to the people.”
God said to me,
“Good! Go to the nursing home; I could use someone down there.”
I thought,
“I don’t see much greatness in that.”
I prayed to God,
“Let my life be a platform for your glory!”
God said to me,
“Gladly! The local school needs a volunteer to mentor a struggling student.”
I thought,
“That’s not much of a platform.”
I prayed to God,
“Let me minister to the people.”
God said to me,
“Wonderful! The elderly gentleman down the street needs a ride to the doctor.
Why not volunteer to give him a ride?”
I thought,
“I don’t know; he’s disabled and kinda has an odor.”
I prayed to God,
“Let me be a beacon of purity to clean up this world!”
God said to me,
“Good idea! Your neighbor needs someone to clean her house. Why not start
there?”
I thought,
“I wasn’t quite thinking of that kind of cleaning.”
I prayed to God,
“Let me speak to a ‘standing room only’ crowd!”|
God said to me,
“Great! Go teach a Bible class down at the jail. They have 20 willing inmates with
only 15 chairs.”
I thought,
“I wanted the room to be a lot bigger.”
I prayed to God,
“Let this church be a point of gravity for our community!”
God said to me,
“Sure! See that visitor over there with the ragged clothes and prison record?
Make them feel like they are at home.”
I thought,
“Not really the kind of people I want at this church.”
I prayed to God,
“Why doesn’t anything big ever happen in my life where you get the glory?”
God said to me,
“I don’t know.”
I thought,
“Me neither.”
Soli Deo Gloria!
(i.e. only God is glorified!)