Elevate To The Next Level - "The People God Uses”

God always has His people exactly where He needs them to be, so that He can use them for His kingdom purposes.

So, how can someone know if they’re in the right place at the right time? Henry Blackaby said something in his “Experiencing God” series that has always stood out to me regarding this. He said, “Watch and see where God is working and join Him.” (Henry Blackaby)

Jesus also talked about this saying, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working. … Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.” (John. 5:17, 19-20)

And so, if we’re to have the mind of Christ, especially in this area of being a leader, and a person God uses. We need to follow Jesus in how we are to go about living our lives for God, and to help others.

Jesus gives to us the way we need to start, and that is through prayer. To the churches in Revelation He says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 3:22)

But we need to remember that prayer is all about us having a two-way conversation with God, but one where we do more listening than talking, hence having two ears and one mouth.

And that is exactly what Nehemiah did, as He mourned, fasted, and prayed for God’s guidance, because he realized that God had placed him there at that time and for this purpose. And so, he prayed for God to give him favor with the king, and for the way that God wanted him to accomplish this goal.

Therefore, God has each of us right where He wants us for this specific time and season. In other words, God has us in the right place, in the right position, and at the right time to accomplish His kingdom business.

We just have to listen to what the Lord is saying.

Further, God knew He could trust Nehemiah because Nehemiah was found to be trustworthy. And God entrusts us with those who come through our doors, because He knows He can trust us, which leads me to the second point.

2. God Uses People He Can Trust

Nehemiah’s title of cupbearer may not be all that impressive to us, but it was back then. It was a position of great trust. Nehemiah was the one who tasted the king’s food and drink to make sure it wasn’t poisoned.

And King Artaxerxes considered Nehemiah so trustworthy that he gave him the most trusted position in the kingdom. Literally, the king entrusted Nehemiah with his life.

People sometimes mistakenly believe they need to wait for someone to ask them to get involved, and usually it revolves around the big stuff or the one-time event. But to serve in the daily mundane chores and acts of service, that’s the type of person that grabs God’s attention.

You see, those that God uses are those that can be trusted with the little things and do them with the spirit of excellence. And here’s the point, if God can’t trust us in the little things, then He’ll never use us in other areas or the bigger things.

Look at what Jesus says when we enter eternity. “Well done, good and faithful servant; (first notice what God calls us, servants) you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.” (Matthew 25:23 NKJV)