100 Days to a Healthier Churchनमूना

Day 92 (Saturday) Today’s Big Idea: Give God your second best. Does today’s Big Idea seem wrong to you? Like it might be a misprint? Give God our second best? What ?! Key Verse: “Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say” (Exodus 4:12). Thoughts to Consider: When God called Moses to free his people, Moses must have been filled with all kinds of emotions, having been both a prince in Egypt and a Hebrew. As overwhelmed as he was, he could only see his faults. How can I persuade the most powerful man on earth to give up all his slaves when I can’t even speak well? he wondered. But God told him the slaves wouldn’t be freed because of Moses’ oratory, but because of God’s power, working through Moses’ obedience. Look at the order of events in the Key Verse. In response to Moses’ uncertainty, God gave him three instructions. First, go, get the ball rolling and do what I say. Second, after you go I will help you speak. Your words will be eloquent enough for the task. Third, as you go, I’ll teach you what to say. You won’t just speak eloquently, you’ll speak wisely. That’s how God works with us. He doesn’t just want us to give what we do best, He wants everything. And He can use it all. It doesn’t start with our skills and gifts. It starts with our obedience. Then God does what only He can do, so only He gets the glory. For some churches, this weekend is exciting and inspiring. For other churches, this might be a weekend with a lot of sadness. You may be saying farewell to a ministry you’ve loved but that is no longer viable. For still others, it might be a time involving repentance and forgiveness, with a difficult change in direction or a correction of wrong attitudes. Some churches feel overjoyed at what they’re doing, while others may feel some sadness, pain, and loss. Whether you’re looking at a weekend of joy or sorrow, hope or grief, don’t just think about the task ahead; consider the source of your strength. Are you relying on your own wisdom, skill, and knowledge, or are you surrendering everything to God for His use? Give it everything you have this weekend. Even if it feels second best, when it’s surrendered to Christ, it’s more than enough.