2 Thessalonians 3:13 – And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
Galatians 6:9 – Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Nobody cares what I do! I am not needed! I am easily replaced. If I don’t do it, somebody else will. I don’t make a difference. I am not worthy. I’m sure we have all, or at least a lot of us, thought, or felt these things in the past. I hear the taunts from the enemy all the time. Once, when we were ministering, a great and respected brother in the Lord joked with me. And I knew he was joking, as I said, I love and respect this brother! He said to me “Brother, you are always here (at church). I replied to him (a staff member) “Well brother, you are here more than I am.” He then said to me “Yes, but there is a difference. I am paid to be here and you are not. That means that I am good for something but you are good for nothing!” Oh, I laughed. I know this brother would never mean to hurt me. Yet, it did. The enemy took his words and thrust them into my heart and mind. The words “good for nothing” kept coming back to me. Not so long ago there was somebody that I had, unintentionally had hurt. But hurt I did. In fact, that person wants absolutely nothing to do with me. I am sure it was all my fault. But the enemy uses my mistakes as a weapon against me. He tells me that I have never been anything and will never be anything and if I ever think otherwise it is because I am a dreamer. I will never be great in this world (not important) or in the Spirit. Do what I may, it all amounts to nothing! It is a potent attack, but not a successful one.
The Lord answers the every attack of the enemy through His Word and through the encouragement and guidance of His precious Holy Spirit (John 14:26).
Nobody cares what I do. Who do I want to please? Is it mankind or the Lord? It is the Lord whom I seek to please. If I seek to please mankind then they are my master (Galatians 1:10). No, the Lord is my master and it is Him whom I seek to please!
I am not needed. I am easily replaced. If I don’t do it, somebody else will. It is true that the Lord has an innumerable amount of people who can do the work He has for to me do and who will do it better than I (Luke 19:40, 1 Peter 4:10). But what none of these people can do is submit my will to Jesus. None other can do acts of obedience and love to the Lord for me. So, as for my soul that the Lord died for, only I can do what God has called me specifically to do (Ephesians 2:10). Praise God!
I am not worthy. No I am not. I never was and I never will be (Romans 3:10). That is why Jesus died for me, and for all of us (Luke 19:10). The fact that I have failed deeply and often is shameful to me, but to Christ it glories Him (Romans 3:23-24, Psalm 115:1). Not that He wanted me to ever fail (1 Peter 2:21-22), but the fact that He loves and forgives someone such as me is to His glory. The fact that He has saved me is a witness that His grace has no limits. Since His grace is sufficient for me, it is sufficient for all.
But the enemy uses my mistakes as a weapon against me. Yes, the enemy attacks my conscience. But the Lord is greater than His attacks against me (1 John 3:20). The grace of God is greater than all who oppose me (Romans 5:20). I listen not to the enemy, or my conscience, concerning my position with God. His Word tells me that it is not me, or what I have done, that determines my position with God (Ephesians 2:8-10). It is who He is and what He has done that determines my position. The death and resurrection of Jesus is greater than all my failures. Praise God!
The words “good for nothing” kept coming back to me. It is true. I really am a good for nothing. That is true, if I speak of myself and my ability to do good or what is right. It is only the Lord within that allows anything good to flow from me. I am miserable (1 Timothy 1:15). He is the light (John 8:12) and the delight of all who call Him Savior and Lord. Though I am a wretch He has come to live within me and to change me. So that, it is He that lives within me (Galatians 2:20). It is He that does good “things” through me. So, while I am indeed “good for nothing,” He indeed is good and capable of all. Nothing is impossible for Him and He has chosen to live within me. Yes me! This “good for nothing” is good for something. I can be a candle bearer (Matthew 5:16). I can let the light of God that is within me shine. Oh, I make mistakes, but the light within me is brighter than any darkness within me. The light grow stronger and the darkness is chased away. Me, good for nothing. True. But not to God. He has chosen to love me and remake me (Isaiah 64:8). Praise God!
Therefore I don’t tire in doing the works that God has called me to. I don’t tire of letting the Lord shine through me. I am delighted. After all, it is God who is my delight and it is God whom I want to be the delight of. Praise God! Oh Family, thank and praise God that He delights and works through us all! Let us never tire of doing the works of God. They are our joy! Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.