Missing in Action

Well this is sort of like Einstein- You know they say he waited 3 years to speak........then he said there wasn't anything important to talk about, or something like that.

So here we are at Floyd's Blog. I have sat back for 30 days to watch! 30 some days of no blog, no "major" interaction with XL'ers or WRBC'ers. I was curious if I could just slip away.

I had 2, and I am serious just 2 people call me out on this.
1. Thank goodness that it didn't go un noticed
2.You would be shocked at what you see when your looking for something.

See for over 2 years now I have been on the sideline of a ministry that I knew God had firmly placed me in. I have had a hard time finding my place there!
(I am the head counter, the guy that counts the cars in the parking lot then the people in the main room and let's not forget the table for Jarrod.
I got very excited about serving in Groups- well that seems good and all but it (speaking about my involvement), stopped almost as soon as it started- I also asked to be plugged into the creative meetings to see if there was a need.....Those can be some funny meetings! )
I have yet to be able to understand what it is that God is needing me for there!
It has been said by some, If you want to know what's going on ....ask Floyd. I have enjoyed the occasional singing with the band and loved the Sermon on XL Groups. I just don't know what is next. I know God's got a plan.


So, back to what you can see if your looking-
I saw people milling around week end and week out as if they had something to do but were not really doing anything. I saw some getting so stressed that they were wondering too if they should be looking for other areas to serve- I saw people with specific jobs to do that couldn't do their job....because they were doing someone duties.

Don't get offended- This isn't about you, it's about me! It is about me trying to find out why God wouldn't let me slip through the cracks.

Then I start to hear....over the 30 days, people are wondering the same thing about their own life. Wondering what it is that they can be used for. Wondering if God can even work through them. Some even talked about how bad they were in their past that they could never be used by God- They would always be the church attendee not a leader......So now after hearing and seeing this I look to the Word, which is where I should have started in the 1st place-

Hang with me, this gets good!

See the Lord takes this man named Saul, saves him by grace, and transforms him into the great Apostle to the Gentiles and I realize that there is hope for people like you and me to be used by the Lord in many ways

The truth is, Saul was a very unlikely candidate for the service of the Lord. Here was a man who was feared and hated by Christians and one who did everything in his power to destroy the name of the Lord Jesus. Yet, God reached down in grace and took this man
from where he was and used him to change the world.
God used him in such a great manner that Paul's ministry is still reaping fruit today. Just the fact that we are talking about his life and the impact he had on the world is a testimony to way God used him than and is using him now.

When we look at Paul, we may be tempted to think that he was some kind of super saint. We may feel that there is no possible way that the Lord could use us like He did Paul, or that God could even use us at all. I suppose that we all feel inferior and unworthy to be used of the Lord in His work, but I am here today to tell you that Jesus can and will use you if you will make yourself available.

Some of you may have asked the question, "Can God really use my life?" The short answer to your question is, "God can use your life!"

YOUR PAST CONDITION IS NO OBSTACLE-
Regardless of what you did before you received Jesus as your Savior, that does not matter anymore. When He saved your soul, He washed your past away forever! It is just as though you got a brand new start at that precise moment. In fact, the Bible refers to that event as a "new birth", John 3:3; 7. ( I always come back to ....well God can't use me in the town I grew up in, since too many people know me as who I use to be) That is a lie from the pits of HELL!)

YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NO OBSTACLE
Paul was on his way to Damascus to find Christians to arrest and to take them to their deaths. He was filled with hatred and wanted nothing more than to completely destroy anyone or anything connected with the name of Jesus Christ. But, in spite of all this, the Lord was able to change this man and to use him for the glory of God. Let me remind you that He can do the same thing in your life and mine. He can take us, with all the baggage that we carry, and He can use us for His glory - just a few to think about
Moses was 80 years old ,The Gadarene Demoniac, Mark 5:1-20, was a man feared by everyone, Kings 7:1-10 tells the story of four lepers who became the unlikely Saviors of Jerusalem.
Present circumstances did not catch the Lord by surprise! He knows everything there is to know about us, Heb. 4:13.
He knows where you are, Job 23:10.
And, He still can use your life if it is yielded to him for His glory.
The secret lies in putting Romans 12:1-2 into practice!

Are you willing to be used by the Lord? (He won't force you to serve Him. He may make you wish you had, but He will never force you into anything. You must come to the place where you are willing for the Lord to use you.)

I am!

Floyd-