I Am Just A _________

 

The words of Amos,

who was among

  the shepherds of Tekoa...

            Amos 1. 1

(A shepherd in that time

     was not known for fame

            or social status,

     but for faithfulness.

Shepherds appear

       throughout scripture,

because God always uses

   the unlikely in mighty ways.

Shepherds were at the bottom

         of the social order,

and yet,

God used them in profound

    and strategic ways.

Everyone matters

            in God's kingdom.

God grants to each of us

  divine appointments,

a patch of ground,

  a tribe of people,

a flock of sheep,

  and work in which to be faithful

and worship Him through it.

God does not intend for us

  to see ourselves as

  "I am just a ________."

He has strategically positioned,

trained and prepared us

    for His glory

even in the unexpected.

Amos had no idea that

the words he was writing down

would be treasured and read

    2760 years in the future.)

O LORD,

Help us to be faithful

in whatever You place before us

             in this day

and wherever we are,

no matter the task,

      or bleating flock of sheep.

Soften our hearts

    and change our minds

about the task to be done.

Grant us the courage

   to follow You today

even in what is not

          in our wheelhouse.

All glory to You alone.