Feeling Unworthy - Why am I Not Being Used by GOD? | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

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0:42 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. So we live in a time and age where a lot of things have been defined by social media. The number of followers you have, the likes you get, the use you get, diversity you have, or you know or if you look at it in a brass perspective, if you're saying business, you know how many people are under you, or what is the economical strength of your organization, or if you're in school or a college, are you having a high leadership roles? Or what is your level of popularity?

1:18 And all of these things. So we live in a time and age where a person's self worth or you know, their identity and value and purpose. Everything seems to be connected to numbers, and we think that, oh my gosh, somebody who has millions of followers, they're more worth or they're more superior to somebody who has just ten followers. But is that the case. That's definitely not the case. We all know this, but sometimes we just need that reminder because you see, there's a place where a lot of times we tend to base our identity, base our value based are real worth by what we see on the outside or by the numbers.

2:04 And the other day we had some guests coming home, and so my mom brought out a lot of new utentils and cutleries that I've never seen in a long time because we didn't have guests in a long time. And I was like, oh my gosh, this plate looks as much as a plate that we use for our everyday use, but this one looks so good and sparkly, because we had hardly used these plates because they were supposed to be for guests, okay, And I was like, wow, it's the same plate, but it's been useless because of its value and worth being a guest plate.

2:43 But both are plates. And that's when this old thing dawned on me. This old message has dawned on me. Where I was like, listen to this. Sometimes we think because we are not being used by God, maybe there's something wrong with us. But you realize these plates were not being used, not because there was something wrong with them, but they were reserved for a specific special occasion in comparison to normal plates and the normal plates because they're being constantly used over time. They you know, they look like very plain and you know, okay, fine, but these plates look very shiny because they are used for special occasions.

3:24 What I wanted you guys to understand is sometimes we look at our life and think, like other people are being used more, there's something wrong with me. I don't have the value, I guess, But no, the reason you're not being used as much as somebody else, at least in this season, is probably because you are not a normal plate. You are plate designed for a special occasion. You are designed for something significant. You know. I want to start off sharing a scripture within I want to take this forward and it is found in look up to nineteen was thirty where Jesus is sending out two of his disciples to this village ahead, and he says to them, go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a cold tied there which no one has ever ridden, and tie and bring it here.

4:18 So yere is a cold on which no one has ever ridden. A donkey. Basically, no one has ever ridden. Right, And this donkey could be feeling like no one has written on me, nobody is using me. I'm just tied here doing nothing. You could be feeling like that today, John, I feel I'm like a donkey. I'm not being used. Look at somebody else. They're being used. Mighty league. They're scaling high, they're going places, they're doing so many wonders and year. I am so stuck. This thie, this cold, This donkey was stuck.

4:54 It was tied instead of going places, it was tied to a place. Is sort of carrying people or things. Is just stuck. You may be feeling like that in your life. But I want you to understand something very important to your The scripture says that no one has ever written on this donkey. You may say, am I even a donkey? I mean, let's look at this. I mean a donkey is supposed to carry things. I'm like, I'm not written anybody. Maybe I'm not a donkey. It's like taking one of those special plates, and the plates are thinking, am I even a plate?

5:31 Because nobody's eating off me? Right? Are you getting what I'm saying? Sometimes we thin to think am I even worth it? Because why is anybody not using me? Am I even having any value? Why am I not being used? No? The reason you're not being used at this season, for this time is because God has a special assignment for you. You see this donkey no one else had written, But now the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords is going to ride over it right on him. Think about it. What God has for you is bigger than what you think.

6:12 Now all the other donkeys are going to be like, oh my gosh, that donkey that nobody else wrote. The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is riding on that donkey. Some people who are like putting you down and saying, you know, you're useless. That's why nobody's using you. Your God is not using you. You're not going any place, You're not doing anything great, and they are going all over but they're going to look at you one day, cannying the big assignment that God has for you, the real assignment for which He created you.

6:43 You see, this donkey had a privilege that no other donkey had, carrying the Son of the Living card when he walked on earth. There's a man and today, guys, I want to tell you the same thing. Today. You may feel like there's nothing great, or you feel like why'men not being used as much as somebody else? But I want to encourage you. And maybe this is a season where He Goddess hidden you and kept you for those special accasions. You know, if you use those high quality, best quality shiny plates every single day, you know what's going to happen.

7:25 They're going to become plain very soon. But you hide them and keep them and use them for special accasions. You don't wear your best costly attire for everyday use. You know what I mean. You wear them for best accasions. And that's the same thing. You know, just because they're not being used doesn't mean that they're not valuable, doesn't mean that they are not attires. Just because of plate is not being used doesn't mean it stops becoming a plate. Just because you know, if you're a singer and you're not getting singing opportunities doesn't mean you're not a singer.

8:02 At the right time, you will get the right opportunity. As a preacher, you're not getting opportunities at the right time. You will be getting the opportunities. But right now you may be kept safe from outside dirt, something polluting you, or the schemes of the enemy trying to stop you or to hurt you or to kill you. So today I want you to have this perspective that you are in the right place. You may feel like you're tied, you're not being used, but God has a special assignment for you, and that the right time, you will see Him lead you and do it for you, and then God bless you.

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10:05 And this is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope. There is a God who loves you so much he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sins. When you believe in him, you have free gift or salvation for you that it shows us that we will go to heaven when we die instead of suffering in him forever. I just encourage you today to make the simple step of faith and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross.

10:44 Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.