GOD CANNOT ASK FROM YOU WHAT YOU CANNOT AFFORD BY GRACE.
.God wants to use what you have. "What is that in thine hand".
Exodus 4:2-3(KJV)
And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
Some years ago a teenage boy gave his life to Christ and got born again in a fellowship center like one in a picture above in a local village east of Nigerian. Then the presence of Jesus Christ in the fellowship was all that matter not any one's comfort. Rapture was the watchword of every born again Christian, nothing else. Evangelism was the supreme assignment not personal business. Every one must be engaged on things that have heaven value that earth pleasure.
The roof over the fellowship center was enough. Every body was eager to have Crusade done daily at the local primary School field. You sang at the top of your voice with clapped hands. Dancing was not fashionable then.
Then came the idea of buying a generator set and P.A, systems. It was like an impossible thing because none of the seniors were working as to earn wages. The young one were not even going to school because of poverty. These were the survivors of Nigeria civil war who were very eager to serve their God fervently. Determined as they were, every body decided to be part of the project. Little children like yours truly were donating some half a penny raised from petty labor jobs they did. The concern was not how much you donated but the the fact that you did donate something. The day I brought my penny to the fellowship center, I can tell you that Heaven opened that day above me. There was joy in heaven because a teenage boy donated a penny for God's work.
These nobodys were able from nothing purchased a Honda1600 generator set, two Horn Speakers, An Amplifier and Microphones. Electric cables and lighting fittings. The enemies of the gospel and persecutors couldn't believe this. There was a great harvest of souls, populating Heaven and depopulating hell.
Back to that fellowship center where the brethren had only sticks to sit on. Miracle of Souls winning happened on every fellowship day. Two times a week. Healing miracles took place in large numbers. Holy Ghost baptism with speaking in tongues could no longer be controlled. Signs and wonders became the evangelists. Some illiterates spoke clear English and French languages. There was a great Revival.
Any day you do not tell somebody about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, you will come kneeling at his feet, confessing your sin.
The Church members were poor in the things of the world then but not poor in the things of Heaven. There was little education then but the power of God was ever present. Where have we gone to? Has the thing that suppose to make us better destroyed us? Lord have mercy.
God does not need your education in order to make you the man He needs. God does not need your money in order to make you the man He needs. God needs you just as you are if you can come to him trusting.
Moses just had his staff. God used Moses and his staff to walk the children of Israel from Egypt. What is that in your hand? It could be your Voice, your Youth, your talent, etc. Give God what you have, it does not matter what and how it is. He will make you who He wants. A vessel of honor prepared for the master's use.
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. Timothy 2:20-21
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