Hands and Feet - Real Consecration - Sealed Orders Part 5

This is one in a series of posts, sharing the Sealed Orders devotions, day by day, from CMI 2010.  They are based on the "Consecration Hymn," Salvation Army Songbook #525

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After forty years in Pharaoh’s palace and forty years in the wilderness, Moses saw a burning bush and heard the voice of God.  God heard the prayers of the Hebrews and was going to use Moses to set them free.

When God called him, Moses came up with excuse after excuse, telling God why He chose the wrong person.

Moses asked God, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?" (Exodus 4:1)

God had extraordinary things He wanted to do through Moses.  But Moses didn’t think there was any reason why God would use him.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "What is that in your hand?"

“A staff," he replied.

The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground."  Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

Have you been hearing God calling you, but you don’t think there is anything about you that God could use? 

During this quiet moment, you might hear him ask you, “What is that in your hand?”  There could be something in your hand that God can use for His glory and serving others.  And it’s more than the paper this sealed order is written on.

There is a talent that you have, or a passion that makes you unique.  You have a certain set of friends and family, or people that you work with.  Chances are, you are the only one who goes all the places you go, with your gifts and abilities.

As you sing this stanza, think about how God wants to use you; what you have, where you go and who you know; to make a difference in His kingdom and the world around you:

Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of thy love;
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for thee.

Make this your prayer, asking God to use you in a powerful way.