You are Fearfully and "JOYfully" Made

          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  God made a special kind of JOY….especially with you in mind!

            We’ve been talking this week about God’s love for each of us.  As Psalm 139 tells us, He ”knit us together in our mother’s wombs”…and we are “fearfully and wonderfully made”.  But have you ever wondered if God makes some people MORE SPECIAL than others?  Does He need some people to accomplish His will and purpose?

            Think about it like this….if God could only use certain people, that would mean that He is weak.  GOD is ALL-POWERFUL!  He can accomplish His will without any of us!  But it brings Him pleasure to allow His children to be used to accomplish His will and purpose. In order to be used, we must make ourselves available! 

 1 Corinthians 1:26 says, "Look at what you were before God called you. Not many of you were wise by human standards. Not many of you had great influence. Not many of you came from important families. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and he chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong…. God did this, so that no one could boast in his presence."

            You see, God wants us to know that we are loved!  But He doesn’t want us to become spiritually arrogant.  He can use anyone, if we will be available to Him.  Because of our love for Him, we should want to be used by Him to spread His JOY at every opportunity!  

            YOU! Me! WE are ALL special to Him, so let’s boast only of the Lord as we share our JOY JUICE today!