Use Me If You Can

Use Me If You Can

I can't do much.  I'm a pretty good singer. Not great, just pretty good.

I was a descent music director.  I had my moments of greatness, and my moments of embarrassment.  I did some good stuff. I love directing orchestras best of all.

I drum.  I'm not Buddy Rich or Gene Krupa, but I can still play a set of drums. 

You see, I used what I had.  I took the seeds of my gifts and abilities and used them as far as I could. 

I'm now a writer.  I write to encourage mankind and give words of hope and inspiration.  I've not written any best-sellers, nor is my name a household name in writing circles, but I use the gift I have, and I've developed it further than it was ten years ago.

Today, in my reading, this jumped on me.

Isaiah 6:8 "Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send, and who will go for us?  Then said I, here am I. Send me."

A quote in my files says this:

"God uses whoever is available.

Wow.  That is what it comes down to. 

And I for one want to be available. 

   All my talents, all my skills.

     The thoughts I think.

         The way I act.

            The words I utter.

Here I am.  Send me, God.

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What Is Your Drum

What Is Your Drum?

The little drummer boy offered the only gift he could … he played his drum for the Christ child. 

I see this poetic act as a metaphor.  And so,

my question is this … what is your drum?

Mine is easy.  I write and speak words of hope, encouragement and inspiration.  And sometimes I sing.  Oh, and I too play the drums.  I do it as unto God himself, in the name of Jesus.

I know a lady, Alene, 100 miles south of here who makes the best pies in the world.  And she does it from a heart of love.  Those pies are her drum.

My friend, Carla, sews and does beautiful work.  Her seamstress skills become her drum as unto the Lord.

My mentor, Pastor Jim, has a prayer ministry and has taught seminars all over the US and other parts of the world.  Besides being an insightful minister of the gospel, he offers his prayer ministry as his drum.  What a gift.

And what’s your drum?  What can you offer as unto the Lord in service to mankind? 

I know some wealthy people who give out of the generosity of their hearts and bank accounts.  Their ‘drumming’ through giving is doing great good in this world. 

Maybe we don’t have much in the way of gold, frankincense, or myrrh to offer, but we can offer our hearts of gratitude.  We can offer our seemingly meager or meaningless gifts.  You would be amazed at what God can do with a gift offered willingly.

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A Lump of Clay

I want to talk about molding, shaping, and forming.  That is what happens to a lump of clay on the potter’s wheel. 

I tried my hand once at creating a vase on a potter’s wheel.  Needless to say it was not a pretty sight.  The craftsman made it look easy, and yet my efforts were spastic at best. 

Kind of like my life when I do too much of what I want and leave God out of my situations.  I believe God has plans and designs for my life and for yours. I think He has a good idea of how and where our lives should take us for best results.  I don’t know about you but I have overridden Him a time or two, or thirty. 

Consider this:

He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

… And that means you and me. 

In another place in the Bible we are reminded of this:

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 39:13

He is the master craftsman.  He is the steady hand on the potter’s wheel.  Always, always in retrospect, I can look backwards and see how his hand guided me in a particular situation, and how I am now using, learning from, or growing in better ways all because I dared to let him be the Master Potter and I became a mold-able lump of clay.

I like being in the Potter’s hands. 

He reveals his plans to us through what we are naturally drawn to.

-Some can teach

-Others have administrative abilities.
-Master craftsmen and women abound
-Others love to serve and offer their hands in good and meaningful work

I love to write and encourage mankind.  I just learned a new phrase to describe what I do best:  “I give thirsty people a drink of water.”

I love that.

What are you inclinations?

What makes your heart beat faster?

What might the Potter be saying to you?

Now watch this ... Potter's Hand by Hillsong

May I pray for you?  

God in heaven:

I know you are the one who molds and forms and orders my life.  I want to trust you with more of my life and my destiny.   Will you  become the full-time Potter in my life, molding and shaping me for good things that you have in mind for me?

Thank you God.

Amen!

P Michael Biggs

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