God Loves to Use Weak People

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 Topic :
Posted by : Ron Rhodes

Do you ever feel insignificant before God? Do you ever feel that you have little to offer God? Do you ever feel too spiritually weak to make much of a difference for the kingdom of God?

If so, I’ve got some good news for you. Scripture reveals that God loves to use weak people who may seem to have little to offer in themselves.

The apostle Paul taught a paradox based on his own experience: The weaker the human vessel, the greater that God’s strength shines forth (1 Corinthians 12:8). This means that we need not be dismayed by our personal weaknesses. They provide opportunity for God’s great power to work! Paul felt weak in himself. But God told him: “My power works best in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

As I was contemplating this important verse, I looked up a few cross references that really “turned on the lights” for me. Jesus urged His followers: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). In like manner, the apostle Paul later affirmed: “I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13). Don’t miss this important truth: We can do nothing apart from Christ, but we can do everything through Christ who strengthens us. The secret is to stay plugged into Jesus! He is our never-ending source of power and fruitfulness. His power shines through our weakness.

It’s no problem if you feel you have little to offer God. To illustrate, John 6:8-9 tells us that a little boy offered to the Lord what little food he had (five small loaves of bread and two fish), and the Lord multiplied it into enough food to feed 5,000 men and their families. The point is that you and I may sometimes feel that we don’t have much to offer God. But if you offer to God what little you have—your talents, your skills, your spiritual gifts, your time—God can turn these into something magnificent.

My friends, I urge you not to wait. Delay no further. Starting today, commit to keeping yourself “plugged in” to Jesus, and offer to Him what little you have. I promise you, He’ll use you if you give yourself to Him. He can do things in your life that you could not possibly even imagine. He is able, “through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). Dare to believe that God can do it!