December 20 2011

Title Not Necessary
 
Reading: Amos 1:1,  The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

You may be thinking, “Uh, okay… is this verse a mistake? Did you really mean to use this verse for a devotional?” Well, in fact, yes. It’s not an exciting verse, necessarily, but imagine this with me.

You are not a pastor. You are not a teacher. You are not an evangelist, or missionary, or prophet. Yet, you are approached by Billy Graham and he tells you that he would like for you to write a book that will be placed in a compilation of books for all churches all over the world to use as a guideline and recommended reading. I don’t know about you but, after I regained consciousness and stood back up, I would be asking, “Why me? I’m just a regular guy. I have a regular job and a regular life. Are you sure you have the right guy?” Here in this verse we have Amos, a writer of one of the 66 books of God’s Word. GOD’S WORD! God was the One that approached him to write the book, not Billy Graham. Amos was simply “one of the shepherds”. We so often get it in our heads that God uses kings, prophets, priests, pastors, etc. We get so stuck on titles but God doesn’t see a title, He sees the heart of willingness.

Men, God wants to use you in incredible ways, even if you are just “one of the tree trimmers” or “one of the office staff”. God wants to use YOU! Simply, let Him.

Take some time and ask God what He has for you to do and how He wants to use you. (remember… it’s not a matter of “selling yourself short”… this is God we’re talking about… no limitations)

What do you believe God is leading you to do with His power, today?


REVIEW
 
Did you do what God was leading you to do with His power?


How did this happen and how did God use you?