Deeper Life #81

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

—1 Corinthians 10:12

THERE IS A TENDENCY TO take ourselves too seriously, until we really begin to wonder if God can do anything before we get up in the morning. We act as though He cannot do anything without our help. May God have mercy!

God shows us that a servant of His is not a necessary instrument. Remember how God visibly blessed and led in a certain happening in your past? But after a while, a spell of tribulation came. God laid you aside. Slowly you begin to see that an “instrument” is something that God takes up at His sovereign pleasure and puts down at His will. A “servant” is one who voluntarily chooses what God chooses. The servant chooses to do according to God’s sovereign will.

God does the shaking of His servants, not the Devil. Why does He shake them? Because they are backslidden? Dear me, no. He shakes them partly to remove the parasites.

Has God shaken you lately? If so, fear not. He does so because He loves you.

Prayer Thought: Only You are truly great. Forgive me when I think I am.

SUGGESTED READING: Psalm 100