Here For A Reason

Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches… So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God. - 1 Corinthians 7:17, 24 

A friend and I were discussing the challenges of living in Illinois. He said that we are here for a reason. So true! Whether it be Illinois, the United States, or the world, we have an opportunity, and a command, to proclaim the gospel and make disciples through word and deed. God promises to be with us. 

”Consider the mighty ways in which God used a dead stick of wood. “God so used a stick of wood” can be a banner cry for each of us. Though we are limited and weak in talent, physical energy, and psychological strength, we are not less than a stick of wood. But as the rod of Moses had to become the rod of God, so that which is me must become the me of God. Then I can become useful in God’s hands. The Scripture emphasizes that much can come from little if the little is truly consecrated to God. There are no little people and no big people in the true spiritual sense, but only consecrated and unconsecrated people.” No Little People - Francis Schaeffer