Sweet Illustration

Acts 17:25 "And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else."

Today I heard a wonderful illustration that further reinforces a lesson God has been teaching me. He does not need me in Africa--but He is allowing me to go there and put my hands and heart into what He is doing there.

A three year old boy pushes a plastic lawnmower behind his father who is mowing their lawn. The plastic mower cuts not a blade, but the young son is convinced that his dad couldn't do it without him. When they are finished the Dad praises the son for helping him as they look at the task the father has accomplished.

God doesn't need me to further His kingdom. He could speak a word and the gospel would be in very remote village and deep in the bush in every part of the world. However, He allows us, His children, the honor of accompaning Him into the remote villages and even lets us think we are the reason His Word is there. When He calls us home He'll say, "Well done my good and faithful servant." How He loves us! How patient He is with us! How like little children we are.

"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For 'who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to him that it might be paid back to him again?' For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen." Romans 11:33-36, (NAS)