Komivi Ayiboe, Togo
When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you.”
Matthew 9:28–29
It is true that God created us without us, but He does not save us without us. And there are certain things God does not intend to accomplish alone. He uses our cooperation in some of His projects to impact the lives of our brothers and sisters.
Jesus, before curing two blind men, asked for their faith to believe (Matthew 9). If they did not add faith to their request for healing, they would not have been cured.
God has no feet to visit a sick person in the hospital or a prisoner in his prison cell. It is our feet that God often chooses to use to visit our sick brothers and sisters and those in prison, bringing them the Word of God and the Gospel.
In Mark 6, Jesus alone could not go to all the villages, so He sent out His disciples two by two. Jesus used His friends, His anointed ones, to work miracles. It is through our feet and our mouths that the proclamation of the Good News will come (Romans 10:14–15).
In John 6, Jesus was able to feed more than five thousand people with the bread and fish offered by a boy. He could have commanded the loaves and fish to descend directly from heaven, but He instead chose to teach us that, through faith in Him, we are able to take care of our neighbors and meet their needs. It is good for us to cooperate with Him.
God used Moses to deliver His people out of Egypt. He acted through a widow to feed the prophet Elijah. He Himself used a virgin named Mary to give His only Son, Jesus, to the world.
God continues to use people to achieve great things for His glory and transform lives around us. Whatever be the smallness of what we give to God, He uses it to do great things. It is up to God how He decides to use us to make His wonders known. We are merely His manual workers whom He uses and continues to use—if we are available and cooperative.
Today, God still wants to use people to accomplish His will throughout the world. Happy are we if God wants us to cooperate with Him! He wants not only us, but also our spiritual and material goods, on the condition that we are available and obedient to Him.
God wants to use you to reach the unreached (Mark 6:7). He wants to use your mouth to announce the Gospel to the lost. Whatever be your time, money, or anything else, God can use it to transform someone’s life. Give Jesus your everything so that He can use it to help those around you.