We all have handicaps. We don’t like to think we do but we have them nontheless.
There are lots of things I can’t do.
Many I can’t do well at all.
Some I am afraid to do.
They are my handicaps.
Isaiah 41:10 “ Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you,
for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
God likes to use handicaps.
In them HE gets the glory and credit, not us.
He used Moses to lead millions to a new land. He could not speak well.
He used Esther to save her people. She was a Jew in a foreign land.
He used Jonah to preach to Ninevah. He was terrified to go and hated them.
He used Mary to give birth to His Son. She was not married.
He used a demoniac to spread His gospel. He was demon possessed.
He used Peter to preach the word. He was impulsive.
He used Paul to reach the gentiles. He hated Christians and had a physical handicap.
He used Zaccheus to reach the lost. He was short and a tax collector.
He used a Samaritan woman to reach the lost. She was an adulteress.
He used a blind man to preach to Pharisees. He was blind from birth.
2 Corinthians 12:9 “ And He has said to me,
MY grace is sufficient for you
For power is perfected in weakness
Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast
About my weaknesses
So that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
We are afraid to be weak
The world wants us to be strong in ourselves and hide our weaknesses.
It wants us to fit in and go with the crowd doing their thing, choosing their path.
The crowd shuns handicaps.
God sees them as useful, beautiful, a way to give Him glory and honor.
What are your handicaps?
We all have them.
Turn them over freely to God
And let Him use them for His glory.
