One night a woman dreamed that she was having a conversation with God. She was angry about all the suffering and evil she saw around her, so she complained to the Lord, "Why don't You do something about all this?" God gently replied, "I did. I created you."
God could send another flood, as He did in Noah's day, to cleanse away the wickedness of the world. He could, but He won't. He has promised never to do that again (Genesis 9:11). Instead, He chooses to work through human beings like us, changing them, then enabling them to function as His agents of change.
He changed Paul from a persecutor of the church to "His witness to all men" (Acts 22:15). Paul's life and letters taught, inspired, and comforted the church in its early days, and they still do today. It was the power of God that changed Paul, then used him to change the world around him.
What about you? Have you been transformed by the power of Jesus Christ? Are you now obediently serving Him to change the lives of people around you?
Let's ask God to work in our hearts and lives so that through us He will bring about change in our families, our communities, and the world. — Vernon C. Grounds
Only when we are changed we can help others to change.
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