You Are Perfectly Incapable By Pete BriscoeSample

Just Be Available

But you still may have an unanswered question: Why would Jesus use you?

The answer is found back at the beginning of our text in Luke 9. In the first part of the text, we see the disciples are empowered by Jesus to go out and do things they could never do by themselves. In verses 7-9, we see Herod’s response to this:

“Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead, others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life. But Herod said, ‘I beheaded John. Who, then is this I hear such things about?…”

Herod wanted to know the man behind what the disciples were doing. This leads Luke to share this story that tells us who Jesus is. And do you know who Jesus is?

Jesus is the one who takes limited people and does limitless things through them.

My dad summarizes it this way:

“Human resources, however, limited, when willingly offered and divinely empowered, are more than adequate to achieve divine ends.”

Jesus will use you if you let Him. That’s it. He won’t use you because you’re qualified, gifted, or talented. If you make yourself available to Him, He’ll use you. Just be available.

Maybe right now you’re looking at the challenging circumstances in your life and you’re thinking, Jesus, why me? Jesus is saying, “You know what? I got you right where I want you. The reason I have you here is to demonstrate how capable I am. I’m going to use you to show the world how powerful I am.”

Give Him what you’ve got. Be available. And discover how beautiful it is to see Him show up.

Jesus, the intention of my heart is to be fully available to You—in my parenting, my marriage, my ministry, and in the ways I interact with others. I give You my bread and my fish and ask that You multiply them miraculously in my life. Use me. I’m available. All that matters in my life is that my loaves are in Your hands. So I entrust myself to You. When I’m too focused on my limitations, may I be reminded that that just gives You room to do miraculous things. I realize that my limitations are a beautiful avenue for You to show the world how powerful You are. I offer my limited self to You.

Now work, I pray. Amen.

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