I recently read the following story:
Tyler Law, age nine, strode in front of the gurney that was to take him to surgery for his cancerous arm. “Can I walk?” he had asked the orderly who came to get him. “Sure, kid,” the orderly had said as he fell in line behind the brave patient and joined the parents. The three of them watched as Tyler marched ten paces in front of them. He was raising his bad arm in the air and pumping his biceps in and out.
When they arrived at the prep room, his dad asked, “So, what was that arm-pumping thing about?” “Oh,” Tyler answered, “I just wanted to get as much use out of it as I could, in case they have to cut it off.”
Joni&friends daily devotional “Use It“
We can learn a lot from this young boy can’t we – Even although the boy was ill with cancer, and was potentially going to lose his arm because of it, he was still desperate to use his arm at every opportunity, because he realised that he my not have the opportunity to do so in the future.
It got me thinking about myself, and whether there were any gifts that God has given me that I am failing to use. I guess for many people these days because we live such busy lives, we may not have taken the time to consider all the gifts God has bestowed on us, so in turn those gifts go unused.
I encourage everyone today to consider the gifts that God has given you. To think about whether you are actually using them, and putting them to good use in your Christian service. Don’t leave your God given gifts unused, because you say you’ll use them later. Instead it’s worth remembering that God has given us those gifts to use just now – He wouldn’t have given them to us if He didn’t want us to use them now!
So seize any opportunity the Lord gives you to do good things and be a blessing to everyone, especially those within our faithful family.
Galatians 6:10 (The Voice)
The Distinct Dot 