God Only Needs One

Be indispensable. Be available. Be the one.

December’s Awakening, Day 5

Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, “What should I be doing?” Yes, you alone can make a difference.  The question is, will you? 

 —Charles Swindoll, “Day by Day”

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

 —Helen Keller

He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” The Lord said to him, “…Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.” 1 Kings 19:14, 15a, 18 NIV

            In the kingdom of God, one is powerful indeed. God just needs the availability of one to start a chain reaction of positive life-changing events and to see His mighty hand move. You don’t think one can make a difference? Tell that to Noah, tell that to Joseph, tell that to Moses, tell that to Esther, tell that to Daniel, tell that to Nehemiah—and the biblical list goes on—speaking of the power of the availability of one to save multitudes and bring about reform. One in God’s hand becomes exponentially infinite.

            When you stand as one you may feel as if you’re alone and the only and the last. Elijah felt that way too, battling evil king Ahab and queen Jezebel and the prophets of the pagan god Baal. Yet God told Elijah that he indeed was not alone in his stand against evil—seven thousand had God protected and preserved in the concerted effort to fight against this evil. When you stand as one for God in the name of God, rest assured that God has a protected multitude standing with you. You just need to be available. You just need to stand as one and let God unleash the rest.