Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Don't you know that God can and will use you right where you are Today.
You don't need to do anything else for God to begin to use you now. You don't have to read another book, listen to another cassette tape, memorize another passage, plant another seed gift, or repeat another creed or confession. You don't even need to attend another church service before God can use you.
God uses willing vessels, not brimming or overflowing vessels. Throughout the Bible, in order to fulfill His plans for the earth, God used all kinds of people from all walks of life:
He used Matthew, a government employee who became an apostle
He used Gideon, a common laborer who became a valiant leader of men
He used Jacob, a deceiver and refugee whose' name became Israel and who became the father of the twelve tribes of Israel
He used Deborah, a housewife who became a judge
He used Moses, a stutterer who became a deliverer
He used Jeremiah, a child who fearlessly spoke the Word 0 Lord
He used Aaron, a servant who became God's spokesman
He used Nicodemus, a Pharisee who became a defender 0 faith-
He used David, a shepherd boy who became a king
He used Hosea, a marital failure who prophesied to save Israel
He used Joseph, a prisoner who became prime minister
He used Esther, an orphan who became a queen
He used Elijah, a homely man who became a mighty prophet
He used Joshua, an assistant who became a conqueror
He used James and John, fishermen who became close disciples of Christ and were known as the "sons of thunder -
He used Abraham, a nomad who became the father of I112: nations
He used John the Baptist, a vagabond who became the forerunner of Jesus
He used Mary, an unknown virgin who gave birth to the Son of God
He used Nehemiah, a cupbearer who built the wall of Jerusalem.
He used Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Hebrew exiles, became great leaders in the Babylonian Empire
He used Hezekiah, an idolatrous father's son, who became a king renowned for doing right in the sight of the Lord -
He used Isaiah, a man of unclean lips who prophesied the birth of God's Messiah
He used Paul, a self-righteous persecutor who became the greatest missionary in history and the author of two thirds of the books of the New Testament.
Thank you so much brother John L Mason for help in inspiring me to write and for blessing me with your wonderful book, "Enemy Called Average". Thank you for reminding me that this same God who use our brothers and sisters in the past is still using willing vessels today, therefore, He can also use me. I will never forget you.
Elder J Andres Vazquez
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About Me
- J.A. Vazquez
- I'm just, a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody who can save anybody. First I want to give love to the Father for giving me the opportunity to be an instrument for him to live in and live through for the glory that belongs to only him and Him alone. I served in the United States Navy for twenty one years and retired September 2003. During the last 3 years of my naval career, I served as co-pastor of Greater New Refuge COGIC in Fallon, Nevada under the tutelage of Pastor Gregory L. Brown. While there, I diligently served my pastor and church with the construction of a new sanctuary, and caring for the needs of all ministries, while simultaneously striving to stay focused on the mandate that the Lord had placed upon my life to preach the Word of God without compromise. I was licensed to preach November 2002 and Ordained June 2003. While stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I proudly served and as constituent of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for seventeen years under the leadership of Bishop Elect W. D. Scott, Sr. and presently serve under the leadership of Bishop B. Courtney McBath at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia.
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