Undaunted by Christine CaineНамуна

God cherishes us in our brokenness, but he’ll never leave us there. He sends people—like Peter and John, like Nick—to notice us and show us his unconditional love. And then, as he heals us, he uses us to touch others. I love the conclusion of the story of the lame man who was healed at the Gate called Beautiful that we discussed yesterday: “When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.” 

When the people saw the man and recognized him, a crowd gathered. It became the perfect opportunity for Peter to preach, and the man was used as a witness unto the power and person of Jesus.4 

Our healing is always for more than just us. It’s for all the people on the other side of our obedience. When the man looked up, he obeyed, undaunted, and he was healed. The result: multitudes came to Christ. 

Isn’t this the same work God was doing in me? Isn’t this what he wants to do in you? He wants to lead us all through the gate called Beautiful, right into his presence. To put us on the path to our destiny, to fulfilling our calling. To free us to live undaunted, so multitudes can be helped. 

God chooses imperfect vessels, like me, like all of us who have been wounded, who have physical or emotional limitations. Then he prepares us to serve and sends us out with our weakness still in evidence, so that his strength can be made perfect in that weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). More often than not, it’s our weakness that makes us capable of serving, because those we serve identify with our pain. 

As always, God will work in us so he can work through us.

Adapted from Undaunted: Daring To Do All That God Calls You To Do by Christine Caine. Copyright © 2019 by Christine Caine. Reprinted with permission of Zondervan Publishing. All rights reserved.