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The People God Uses

December 3, 2010 By Doris Stensland

God has His plans
    And hand-picks people to carry them out.
People like Mary…….
    God wouldn’t entrust His beloved Son
    to just anyone.
    She must be loving and humble
    But most of all she must be willing.
    …..and she was………….
    She gave up her own rights and plans for His
    when she said, “Be it unto me according to Thy Word.”

Or like Joseph…………….
    God wouldn’t choose just any man.
    He didn’t need a leader.
    To carry out His plans He needed someone
       sensitive to His leading
       and quick to obey.
    One who would stand in the background
       and be a support and provider.
    ……and Joseph was………….
    He gave up his own ambitions
       and even left His own country
    To carry out God’s plans
      because in his heart he had said,
       “Thy will be done.”

TODAY God has His plans
    and hand-picks people to carry them out.
He still looks for the humble and the willing,
    and those sensitive to His leading.
When He taps you on the shoulder
    ………or me
    and then bends down His ear for our response,
If it’s the same as Joseph or Mary’s……….
    then He can use us too!.
       by Doris Stensland in On the Back Step

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