Robbing God

It is a tremendously awesome feeling to be used of God. It is so exhilarating to feel God’s power at work though you as you are preaching or praying for someone. When you see the person you are praying for starting manifest their healing or you see that someone is the audience is being moved by the mere words you are speaking you can’t help but say “WOW!” As the people of God whom He chooses to use, we have to be very careful abut taking what belongs to God. By that I mean to say that we need to be very conscious of the fact that we are just the vessel of the power and not the power itself.
It would be very silly of us to revere the plug of an item as the power source of all of our electrical toys. After all it is the thing we see working. We know that when we plug it into the wall socket our toys work. The plug is merely the conduit for the electricity that gives our toys power and functionality. When we are working for God we are merely the plug, He is the power source we plug into. Just as we need to make sure we recognize His ability in us and give Him His due praise, we need to make sure that those who see the same miracles and power of God at work in us give Him His praise.
Growing up we used to see a lot of power charismatic preachers come through our church. It was easy to be awestruck by all the wonderful things happening and to ascribe them to the man or woman doing those things. The really good ones would always give the praise to God before, during and after their ministry. The not so good ones would run the stage and make their exits like they were rock stars.
These thoughts are inspired by my next lesson from Daniel. After Daniel had ministered to the king his dream and the meaning of the dream, the king fell down before Daniel and worshipped him. He ordered an offering and burnt incense be made to Daniel. Daniel was quick to say that he could not have done it without God and that it was God who had chosen the king as a recipient and Daniel as the messenger. Daniel was quick to say this several times. He wanted nothing of what belonged to God.
We shouldn’t want any of what belongs to God either. We were made to praise Him, not take His praise.

Father, let me always be used by You that You might always be glorified in all that I do and those around me might see Your power and love. Amen