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GOD NEEDS US-LUKE 19:29-40***************

AS JESUS APPROACHED JERUSALEM FOR THE LAST TIME, HE SENT TWO DISCIPLES INTO THE CITY TO BRING HIM A DONKEY. HE TOLD THEM "IF ANYONE ASKS YOU, 'WHY ARE YOU LOOSING IT?' THUS YOU SHALL SAY TO HIM, "BECAUSE THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT'" (LUKE 19:31)

AS WE APPROACH OUR SUNSET YEARS, WE MAY ASK OURSELVES, "CAN I STILL BE USEFUL TO GOD? IS THERE SOME SERVICE I CAN RENDER THAT WILL FILL MY DAYS WITH SIGNIFICANCE? AM I NEEDED?"

OF COURSE YOU ARE! GOD NEEDS YOU JUST AS HE NEEDED THE DONKEY TO CARRY HIM THROUGH THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM. HE HAS ALWAYS NEEDED SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TO GET HIS WORK DONE. HE STILL HAS USEFUL WORK FOR YOU TO DO.

JESUS CHRIST RODE INTO JERUSALEM ON A COLT. NOT ONLY DID THIS SPEAK OF HIS HUMILITY, IT ALSO DEMONSTRATED HIS LORDSHIP OVER CREATION. A YOUNG DONKEY HAS NOT BEEN TRAINED TO BEAR A RIDER. YET THIS COLT SUBMITTED TO THE MASTER'S AUTHORITY.

PERHAPS YOUR WORK WILL BE ONE BRIEF TASK, LIKE THE DONKEY'S SINGLE ACT OF SERVICE. OR IT MAY BE SOME ACTIVITY THAT WLL FULLY OCCUPY YOUR YEARS UNTIL YOUR MASTER CALLS YOU HOME.

IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR FAITH WITH SOMEONE, TO INTERCEDE FOR HIM, OR TO LOVE HIM THROUGH QUIET ACTS OF MERCY, FRIENDLY VISITS, OR TO EXTEND SOME SMALL COURTESY. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO.

IN THE MEANTIME, YOU AND I MUST STAND AND WAIT, PREPARING OURSELVES THROUGH PRAYER, BIBLE READING, AND QUIET LISTENING-READY FOR THE MOMENT THAT OUR LORD HAS NEED OF US. WILL YOU BE READY WHEN HE NEEDS YOU?

I'M AVAILABLE FOR GOD TO USE ME,
AVAILABLE, IF GOD SHOULD CHOOSE ME;
SHOULD IT BE NOW OR THEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN;
I WANT TO SEE LOST SOULS BE BORN AGAIN.

GOD HAS WORK FOR ALL HIS CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF AGE OR ABILITY SO LET'S WORK FOR GOD, CAUSE HE LOVES US SO MUCH. I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*************
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