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I Shall Not be Moved
Here’s a truth that most people do not know and even fewer truly understand. If God is going to use you, He is going to move you.
Now, that is a devastating thought for most good church members. After all, “I Shall Not Be Moved” might as well be your theme song. There you sit, in the seat that has molded itself to your association. Your preacher even prays for you by mentally picturing you in your usual spot in church.
So, it’s true. You will not be moved. You won’t be moved by your preacher’s sermon, you won’t be moved by the Holy Spirit, and you certainly won’t be moved from your seat. So there.
And here’s the truth: if you refuse to be moved, you will not be used by God. Check the Scriptures—yes, the Bible. Read it. You’ll see that every great man and woman in the Word of God was used only after they were moved.
They all had this in common. They were comfortable where they were. They were good people, doing their work and enjoying their lives—until God called. And when He called, they moved.
They moved from the center of their comfort zone to the center of God’s will. And God used them powerfully—but only after they moved.
Is this a call to leave your home for a foreign land? Nope. That’s up to God. This is a call for you to move out of your comfort zone. Make a new friend. Forgive an old enemy. Pray for your preacher. Visit a nursing home. Share the Gospel.
There’s no telling what God might do with people who will change their tune from “I shall not be moved!” to “Here am I, Lord, send me!”
Oh, and by the way, don’t try to use your age as an excuse to do nothing. The Bible tells us that God used a child prophet named Jeremiah, a little boy named David, and an old codger named Moses. Age has no impact on God’s ability.
So, move—God is waiting to use you!
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
From the Bible
“Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”
But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.” And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.” But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:57-62 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/luk.9.57-62.NKJV
