Monday, August 11, 2008

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Don’t just operate - co-operate!
 
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me.  Philippians 1:7 
 
Andrew Carnegie said, 'It marks a big step in your development when you realize that other people can help you do a better job than you can do by yourself.' (After all, you can’t whistle a symphony; it takes an orchestra!) Your future is connected to certain people. Without them, your destiny will be incomplete. If you’re humble enough to accept that, your possibilities are unlimited. A key player in the Billy Graham Association was his childhood friend, Grady Wilson. In 1948, Billy asked Grady to come and work with him. At first he said no. But Billy persisted: 'God’s told me you’re to come and work with me. I need an evangelist; somebody who knows me and my ministry, somebody I can trust.' 'I didn’t want to come,' Wilson later recalled. 'After all, I already had a successful ministry of my own holding citywide crusades.' But after praying, he made the decision to follow Billy Graham (and God). He set aside his own dreams to be part of another man’s. That decision made a huge difference, not only in his life, but also in the lives of the multitudes they reached together until Grady Wilson’s death in 1987. Sometimes you have to sacrifice a smaller dream in order to fulfill a bigger one. It takes both courage and humility to do that. But look at the results. Heaven alone knows the impact Grady Wilson and Billy Graham had together. And what was Wilson’s view on his decision? 'I never regretted it!'
 
Prayer
Heavenly Father, it is in those significant people that you place in my life that together we can further your Kingdom and be what you want us to be.  A body has many parts – all needed.  Thank you for those people in my life – may I always appreciate you for placing them there.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen
 

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