Worth – 1st Cor. 1:30-31 – Use Me

This is “Namma for Christ” with the two hundred seventieth inspirational message dated Monday, July 1st, 2024.  The title of this message is, “Worth – 1st Cor. 1:30-31 – Use Me”.  The first word of the title of this message is also the title of the below anointed song/video, “Worth” (with lyrics) by “Anthony Brown & group therAPY”. The message’s scripture is below as found in the 30^th and 31^st verses of the 1^st book of First Corinthians:

1^st Corinthians 1:30-31

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

³⁰ But it is due to Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, 

³¹ so that, just as it is written: “Let the 

one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

For many years, I have enjoyed reading the daily inspirational messages as provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries in their publications of "OUR DAILY BREAD".  

I recently read the message for the day (for June 21st, 2024) and found it to be so inspiring, memorable and “thought-provoking”.  

 
 I wanted to share this message with you (see the below message). Our Daily Bread Ministries has the website of:  www.odb.org so that you can read and enjoy life-changing wisdom of daily inspirational messages based on scripture from the Bible. Please read and enjoy:

 

USE ME

 

^31b Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.

1^st Cor. 1:31b (NIV)

 

Today's Scripture & Insight:

1^st Corinthians 1:26-31

 

            James Morris was once described as “an illiterate but warmhearted layman,” but God used him to draw Augustus Toplady to saving faith in Jesus Christ. Toplady, the eighteenth-century author of the timeless hymn “Rock of Ages,” described hearing Morris preach:

      “Strange that I …should be brought nigh unto God…amidst a handful of God’s people met together in a barn, and under the ministry of one who could hardly spell his name. Surely this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous.”

      Indeed, God does marvelous things in unlikely places and through those we may rank as “unqualified” or ordinary. In 1^st Corinthians 1, Paul reminded believers in Jesus that they were an unimpressive lot. “Not many of you were wise of noble birth” (see verse 1^st Corinthians 1:26 below).

1^st Corinthians 1:26

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

 

Though the Corinthian believers were quite ordinary, by God’s grace they weren’t lacking in giftedness and usefulness (see verses 1^st Corinthians 1:6-7 below).

 

1^st Corinthians 1:6-7

Amplified Bible (AMP)

 ⁶ In this way our testimony about Christ was confirmed and established in you, ⁷ so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift [which comes from the Holy Spirit], as you eagerly wait [with confident trust] for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ [when He returns]. 

 

And God – who knows how to put boasters in their place (see verses 1^st Corinthians 1:27-29 below) – was at work among them and through them.

 

1^st Corinthians 1:27-29

Amplified Bible (AMP)

 

²⁷ But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty]. ²⁸ God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are, ²⁹ so that no one may [be able to] boast in the presence of God.

     Do you see yourself as “plain”, “ordinary”, or even “less than”?

Don’t fret. If you have Jesus and are willing to be used by Him, you have enough. May your heart’s prayer be, “God, use me!”

                By Arthur Jackson for ODB

Who comes to mind when you think of one who’s been quietly but effectively used by God? What can you do to help shift your focus from what you have or don’t have to what God can do through you?

Heavenly Father, forgive me for focusing on myself and not enough on You. Use me where I am in Your holy service.

 

  Please enjoy the below anointed song/video, “Worth” (with lyrics) by “Anthony Brown & group therAPY”.

 (I do not own the rights to this song.)

(If you can't see the below video: Please scroll down to the end - Under the rectangular box labeled "Home" - please click "View web version". You will automatically be taken to the top of the message - please scroll down to the "end" of the message to view the video. Please press play to enjoy the song/video.)

BE BLESSED!