Serving God: What’s That In Your Hand?

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Hands–our hands–all filled with different tools for serving God.

Some of us have stethoscopes, others computers, others a shovel or a broom. Here’s the thing–it doesn’t really matter so much what is in our hands as how we use it in serving God.

Let’s remember the following points:

Serving God: He put it there.

Aren’t you glad we’re all created uniquely with different skills and abilities? In Exodus 35:35, God put special skill in the hands of his people for the building of a movable tabernacle. Earlier in the book (Exodus 4:2), as He gives a special call to an unwilling and excuse-making Moses, God asks him: What’s that in your hand?

I believe He asks us the same thing today. He wants us to recognize that our skills and abilities come from Him.

Serving God: He makes us willing.

As the new nation of Israel prepared to build this mobile temple, not only did God give people special abilities, he also made His people willing to share what they had for building materials. In fact, they gave so much that Moses had to send out a memo that they didn’t need anymore (Exodus 36:6-7)!

Sometimes it’s easy to tightly grip what God has given us, fearful we’ll lose it or accidentally misuse it (Matthew 25:25). But the Lord gives us our abilities to benefit others and give Him glory. When we struggle with this temptation to hoard our gifts and abilities, turn it all over to Jesus. He alone can and will bring victory in this area of our lives.

Serving God: He will use what He gave us for His purposes.

Moses had a rod. It may have only been the staff of a common shepherd, but the LORD used it to perform many signs and wonders for the purpose of delivering His people from slavery (Exodus 4:2-5). A little boy who lived in Jesus’ time on this earth only had a few fish and loaves of bread, but Jesus used it to feed thousands (Matthew 14:13-21).

You can rest in the knowledge that God is able to use the gifts and abilities He’s bestowed upon us for His perfect plan and purposes. Those things He has placed in our hands are there for the purpose of serving God.

Oh, Lord, may we be mindful of what we have in our hands, knowing that You put it there for us to willingly give back to You. Use what’s in our hands for Your perfect plans and purposes. Amen.

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