Being willing.

So my last post I talked about how we don't need to be great because ultimately it's God that needs to be great through us. Even though we know that, that doesn't mean that we can't be great because God can and will do great things through us. Last night at growth group we talked about how awesome it is that God will use just average people to do great things. The Bible is full of stories of how God uses these what me might call not so great people to do amazing things. One area I talked about in my last post was how it is ok to just be you. We don't have to be someone we aren't. The thing that is on my heart about this area of being used in great ways by God is the area of being willing. Just because we know that God can use you and wants to use you doesn't mean that He's always going to use you.We talked about this last night and one thing that stood out to me in this discussion was how we might miss out on things because we weren't willing to do what God asked of us. I can't help but think about what I could have done if I didn't walk away from the Lord for a good chunk of time. Now I'm not saying that we should be bummed out and always think about what we might have missed out on, I'm just saying that we should always have that thought of maybe missing out on something great which should make us willing to say yes to whatever God asks of you. I want to close with this; God doesn't need us to do His work, He's perfectly fine without us. When God asks us to do something it's not because He needs us, it's because He loves us enough to allow us to partner with Him.  So my prayer for us is that we would be willing to be used by God no matter what it is He asks of us. I pray for protection over the weekend. I pray for strength and faith for us to let God be God.