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Have you ever chased a picture around a wall until you found the perfect spot to hang it only to realize the hammer was completely out of reach?  What do you do? You slip your shoe off and used the heel to hammer in the nail.

Now the heel of a shoe is not scientifically designed to hammer nails. You use it because it is available.

Every great work of God begins with an individual willing and available to God. Availability ranks high on God’s scale of usefulness. God doesn’t look at age, education or community standing He looks at the heart.

We would never have chosen most of the heroes in the Bible. Who would have chosen a shepherd boy as the next king, and who would have thought God could turn the greatest enemy of the church into the greatest missionary. A boy with a happy meal would have been ignored by our “Feed the Five Thousand” resource team.

But God uses people who are available to Him.

Every move of God begins with one available individual  

Nehemiah was a servant in the king’s court. But when he saw a need and prayed, God used him to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Could it be that God wants to use you in His next new work? Could He begin with you to touch your family, church or community?

There is a song sung by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir that says,

If You can use anything Lord, You can use me

If You can use anything Lord, You can use me

Take my hands Lord and my feet

Touch my heart Lord, speak through me,

If You can use anything Lord, You can use me.

You may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but when you make yourself available, God will use you. God chooses availability over talent, popularity, and appearance. It just might be that He is looking for an available person to bring about the next great awakening. Are You Available?

Would you say the first line of that song as a prayer today?

If You can use anything Lord, You can use me.