"One is Enough"

I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. (Ezekiel 22:30-31 NIV).

You have read me on numerous times make mention of the importance of each one doing what God as called them to do. There simply is no substitute for the effective work of an individual. All through history since the beginning of time whenever God has a job to do, he has always chosen and started with a single individual. Think of Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Daniel, Mary, John the Baptist, Peter, and Paul. They were just one when they were called and given their calling. There are others, more contemporary to our day.

I read a story shared by Robert C. Stone how in 1872, Dwight L. Moody attended an early morning meeting in a “hay mow” (the place they store hay) in Ireland. At the meeting he heard a man quietly say, “The world has yet to see what God can do with, and for, and through, and in, the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to God's will.” Years later, Moody was seated high up in Charles Spurgeon's tabernacle in London, and Spurgeon used those same words in his message. Moody bowed his head and prayed, “By the power of the Holy Spirit, I will be that man.” Moody was greatly used of God to win multiplied thousands to Christ and founded the world-famous Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, a school that has trained many thousands for Christian service around the world.

E M. Bounds said, "Men are looking for better methods. God is looking for better men [and women]." God will use every single person who makes him/herself available for Him to use, and he is still looking for dedicated people to stand in the gap today. Will you, too, in the words of D. L. Moody, say, "By the power of the Holy Spirit, I will be that man/woman?" I’m glad that God has chosen to use individuals as his preferred method to carry his message of grace to the world. It gives me the chance to be a part of it!

You may be thinking that you don’t have the talent or opportunity that any of these great men and women of faith had. The gap is too great for you to fill. Don’t look at the size of the gap; look at the size of the God who is calling you to fill it. One is enough! After all, God just looks for one at a time! Will you be that one today? Perhaps it will be a cheerful smile to someone who is down; perhaps it will be a kind word to someone who is discouraged; or perhaps it will mean explaining the way God has forgiven you to someone one who desperately needs hope. Whatever you are given to do today, be the one!