“ I will praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works; and that my soul knows well” Psalm 139:14.
For every office God calls a man into He has substitutes to replace him if he fails to perform and remain obedient to the injunctions of the calling. May be this is the reason so many people say that nobody is indispensable that a man and his service can be dispensed with at anytime. We also always say it's only God who we cannot find a replacement for, but for man there are several, you only need to look deeper and wider. But I've found out that somehow there’s an exception to the rule; though it may be rare, but there is.
People talk a lot that it is nations and institutions that are indispensable, not so much the individual. But is it not individuals that build nations and institutions and also build other individuals that continue the work of building and maintenance? These ones build through extraordinary and supernatural display of craftsmanship, skill and dexterity, and through the formation of ideologies that shape the lives of men.
In the kingdom where God reigns and calls people to work for Him, God can replace any man by His sovereign power, but He won't if the man works in His perfect will, remains humble, loves Him with all His heart, soul, and body, and is very effective in his service field. Yes, God can do without you, but if you won't do without Him, He won't do without you.
There are two kinds of indispensability; Absolute indispensability and Relative indispensability. Absolute indispensability belongs only to God, no being or any created thing on earth or in the sea, or wherever can do without God. God needs nobody to survive; He’s ‘Omni’, All. Yet in His plans God finds man useful in bringing into reality His plans on earth; thus man is indispensable to God. That’s why He searches for who to use, because He would seldom do anything on earth without using man; Amos 3:7.
By man, I mean Mankind. Mankind is indispensable to God, but you as an individual may not be indispensable. God is Omni, omnipotent, wholly sovereign; while man is ‘Mini’, mini-potent, partially sovereign; for the scope of man’s operations come from God; Genesis 1:26, 2:15-17. Your indispensability to God and your publics rests entirely on you. Relative indispensability is your being relevant and significant to the people in that particular area of service you have been gifted by the omnipotent God. Your mini-potent power can still be felt throughout the world; you can be classified as second to none.
Your being indispensable does not mean there are no alternatives; it means knowing there are, yet you're still preferred above the rest. People would rather wait for you than call another man to do the job. Responsibility, integrity, quality and value added service makes a man indispensable. If this be so it makes you to be in demand at all times. This is not just talking about service in general, but what you bring to bear on service. Now, this is where foresight and confidence in self worth comes in; quality craftsmanship, constantly adapting to meet the current needs of a changing culture.
There's nobody like you, you are unique, nobody else can do that which you are doing, the same way you are doing it, even if you are involved in the same kind of service. It doesn't matter what you write, and how you write, you can't write like me. Every servant of God must be sure of himself and his calling whereby he can devote his attention and time and be diligent in his field. “Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before unknown men.” Proverbs 22:29. This kind of man also stands before God, he is irreplaceable and his service indispensable.
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Ah, I like this post! I think we all seem to forget that we are unique and indispensable. The feeling of being unwanted slowly creeps up and makes life just that little bit more difficult. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteEach of us has unique gifts and talents and I like to think that everything we do--we do as if for God. That changes the nature of our doing and our giving and takes our ego out of it. Love your blog and I'll be back!
ReplyDeleteYes! I always work to become indispensible! Just being there, punching in and watching the clock, is NOT an option!
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