The Power of One

I want to read some quotes from men and women of God who understood the Power of One.

Billy Graham summed it up in one sentence:

“One with God is a majority.”

Helen Keller said:

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”

It’s easy to feel alone, and it’s natural to feel a bit shaky when you step out, hoping and praying that God will use you. You might lack finances, or not speak the local language, or feel that you have a big learning curve ahead of you, but that’s when we have to focus on the power of God to help us.

Oswald Chambers addressed our fears of inadequacy and insufficiency when he said:

“When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, ‘I can't.’”

John Wesley admonished:

“Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.”

If you feel that there are few opportunities in your life today for service, perhaps you are in a time of preparation.—In God’s workshop, so to speak, where He is fashioning you with the tool of patience, as you exhibit faithfulness in the seemingly small, mundane things of life. If you feel that your life has little or no outlet for worthy service, be encouraged by this thought from A. B. Simpson. “God is preparing His heroes. And when the opportunity comes, He can fit them into their places in a moment. And the world will wonder where they came from.”

We’re sometimes tempted to despair, feeling that there’s not enough time to accomplish what we feel is God’s will in our lives. We’re often impatient and want to get to our goals more quickly. But God is not often in a hurry. We can comfort ourselves with the knowledge that God always gives us enough time to do His will.

God has a part for every one of us to play in building His kingdom on earth. The way to grow the kingdom of God is to reach out to others and invite them to join in this wonderful life of love and redemption that we live. You don’t have to be a public speaker to partake in the Great Commission. You don’t have to have thousands of friends and acquaintances to share the Good News with. You don’t have to have a gregarious personality. This is where the “power of one” comes into play. You—just you—can reach out to one person. Befriend one person and share the Good News with them. God is calling you to be part of His grand plan to change the world one heart at a time. And that’s something that each one of us can be part of. When we apply the “power of one,” others will come to know Jesus. And their “power of one” will in turn reach others.

When you meet someone and make a difference in their life, and bring them the gift of salvation, how priceless is that? Few people in the world have the privilege of impacting another person’s life in an eternal way, but we have that privilege because we have Jesus, we have the Holy Spirit, and we intentionally witness and bring people to Him. What a privilege. What a thrill, really.

As Henry Thoreau said:

“When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.”

Let’s truly “live” and step up to the plate of usefulness that God has for us by:

Honing our talents and gifts and letting them shine.
Being intentional in our witness.
And, claiming the Holy Spirit’s help to use our “power of one” to the full.

Let’s be all that God made us to be! Amen?

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