/May He equip you with all you need
for doing His will. May He produce
in you, through the power of Jesus
Christ, every good thing that is
pleasing to Him. (Hebrews 13:21 NLT)/
So long as we are in line with God's
purpose His work can go on in us.
What matters is not first of all our
activity. God is more concerned
with what is done in us than what we
do for Him. He often reaches His
end with us much better when we are
in a state of inactivity than in
times of much work. The hand of the
Potter was upon Moses when he was
in the wilderness where he could not
do much. During forty years he
was just looking after a few sheep.
That is not very grand. No doubt
he wondered sometimes to what
purpose he was there, whether his life
had any value. But principalities and
powers saw something and
wondered at God's wisdom. God
knew how to equip this man, how to
get
His way in that life. That is true in the
case of many a servant of
God. God is working for good, He is
shaping His vessel. There is
wisdom in all His dealings with us. But
we have to see to it that we
have no plans or personal ambitions
of our own. The clay has to be
completely in His hands. If we are
really here for God, we can be
assured that He will reach His end,
that He may work out His purpose
in us. And there we shall find strength.
Are you sure you are in the great
purpose of God? Everybody has some
part in it. Paul, when speaking of the
church, illustrates it thus:
/“that all the body is fitly framed and
knit together through that
which every joint supplies./” No part
of the body is without
function. Each and every one has to
be in God's purpose. Some parts
may be very small, they nevertheless
are equally important. We have to
remember that God has called us for
a purpose which will be realized
as we abandon ourselves to Him.
Whatever it may be to which He has
called us, let us be ready and do it. A
Holy Spirit possessed life is
always marked by purpose. Nothing
can be lost in such a life; let us
not believe in mere generalities. That
is not
good enough. There is
something far more definite in God's
thoughts for our lives. Let us
abandon all personal desires, and be
filled with the Spirit of urgency
- “straight away.” Those who know
that they are called of God, and
who definitely recognize the purpose
of their life, will be wholly
given up to it. Such no longer have
any interest for the things of
this earth. They have no time to lose.
They must buy up their time.

Isaiah 49:16 New International Version (NIV)

16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me.

May we never leave or go weary in His hands in Jesus name amen.