Sound of Surviving Blog

I see proof over and over again in the Bible of God not leaving or forsaking those who call on him and believe in him, yet, I sometimes wonder if he can really do that in my life. I think we all do at one point or another. We all, at one point or another, wonder if we can really make a difference, if we can really do what God has called us to do. Especially after thinking of how we live our lives. God couldn’t use people as broken as you or me, could he? But there is one thing that we’re forgetting, we’re relying on ourselves and what we can do, or have done, not on God and what he can do, which is the unimaginable, the impossible, and yes, he’s God, but he chose to walk by our sides.

I’m sure the Israelites and probably Moses himself, in Exodus 14, doubted God’s plan and that he was going to fight for them, as they stood at the waters of the Red Sea, preparing to walk into their death. But in Exodus 14:14, Moses calmly tells the people of Israel, “The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.” Just after that, God instructed Moses to strike his staff on the ground, and the Red Sea parted, so that the Israelites could cross it. As the Egyptian army tries to do the same, the Egyptians only, are swallowed by the sea as God sets it back together, letting the Israelites cross safely.  

God is always with us, no matter how far gone or lost we seem. God is always fighting for us. We just have to trust him and to believe his promises for our lives. No matter who we are, or where we come from. Moses had a speech impediment (Exodus 4:10: “Moses said to the Lord, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’” Even after God assures Moses that he will help him to speak, Moses says, “Please send someone else,” thinking he is not worthy for God to use him.

In Romans 12:4, Paul states that each of us has a purpose and a role in the body of Christ, “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function.” God’s purpose for our life is unique to every single one of us, and just because you haven’t found out what yours is when everyone else’s was revealed to them, doesn’t mean that you don’t have one, or are too broken for God to have assigned it to you.

After all, most of the major people whom we read about in the bible were considered flawed in some way, but God still used them. Abraham was old, Joseph was abused, Job was bankrupt, Rahab was a prostitute, Jonah ran from God, Esther was an orphan, and Martha was a worrier. Yet, God used them all. He used them to bring glory to his name and to lead others to him.

You are not too flawed, too broken for an all-powerful God, who can do the impossible to use you.