To Be Sharp for Him

If a tool won't do what you want it to...you don't use it.  If a hoe is unable to pull up dirt, or kill a weed...what good is it?  Can it be called a hoe if it cannot do what a hoe is made for?  A hoe must be  able to move dirt, to make a special place for the seed, to kill the weed that threatens the growing plant, to continue to create an environment for the plant to mature.  The fruit on the plant becomes food to give life.

All these benefits hinge on the hoe performing the task it was created to accomplish.  As a useless instrument, the hoe, will not move dirt or kill weeds...it is dull and weak.  The hoe cannot help to nurture the plant making the fruit...to give life to those who eat the fruit.  Sitting in the rain or in the corner of the shed it will rust and become even more dull and useless.  It is of no value to the master.

A working instrument that is being used, that is being obedient brings life, fruit, food, beautiful plants and exciting rewards.

A useless instrument, that is rebellious, that is selfish and corrupted brings bad taste, hunger, ugly, dry dust and regrets.

An owner can see the useless tool in the dark corner and begin to save it.  It can be sharpened and restored to serve it's purpose and begin to be used.  It can be made to be valuable to it's master once again.

The master can make all things new.

What does the master want you to do?  Are you fulfilling the purpose He made you for?  Will God use me if I refuse to be sharpened?  Have I determined that I like to be dull and weak sitting in the corner, that the easy life is for me?

Do we do what we were made to do?  Does the master use us in a noble place in His home?
Are we changing to become all He wants us to be?

I want to become the kind of tool that can be used for His glory and His kingdom...sharp, shiny, new paint and ready to work.  I want God to be proud of the instrument He is holding in His hand.

I will determine to be that which God is calling me to be.  I will step out in faith and do the hard thing.  I know He is always there with a loving smile to guide me...I only need to ask and listen.




2 Timothy 2:21     The Message

"In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets- some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage.  Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing."
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