How God Can Use You
And Jesus grew in
wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. - Luke 2:52
A tour group was
making their way through the English countryside, stopping at several small
villages along the way. In one particularly quaint hamlet, the group stopped to
take some pictures of the scenery. One of the tour members asked a local in a
rather patronizing way, “Which great man was born in this village?”
The village woman
quipped back, “No great men were born here. Only babies.”
It’s been said,
“Leaders are made, not born.” That’s because every single person who has ever
lived started out the same – as a baby, unable to feed, clothe, or care for him
or herself. All of us had to be taught how to do these things!
So what is it that
turns those babies into great leaders like George Washington, Winston
Churchill, or Martin Luther King Jr.? It’s not purely genetics. Rather, it is a
deliberate process of development. Even Jesus Himself, as we see in today’s verse,
went through stages of development to become the person He was!
Your life has shaped
you into who you are today. And it’s never too late to grow even more. So keep
growing in wisdom and you’ll become someone God can use in an even greater way!
Prayer Challenge
Ask God to help you
to continue growing in the wisdom of His Word.
Questions for
Thought
Why do you think
many people reach a point that they just stop making an effort to grow in
wisdom?
What deliberate
practices can you introduce into your daily life to ensure you’ll continue
growing in knowledge?