Daily Devotional
God Can Use You

August 20, 2022

Ponder This

Years ago in New Jersey, there was a man who advertised that he was going to play a concert on an extremely valuable violin. People came from all over to hear him play. He tucked that instrument under his chin and began to play. You could hear the laughter of children as he played. You could hear the songs of the birds in the trees as he played. You could hear babies cry as he played. People were amazed at the music that came from that violin. When he had finished the concert, he took that violin and broke it on his knee. “Ah!” They were aghast. “Why has he done that?” Then he opened his case and brought out the expensive violin. He said, “The violin that I’ve been playing on is a fiddle I bought for a few dollars. It is not so much the violin that makes the music as it is the man who draws the bow.” To the world, you may be just a cheap fiddle, but God is the one who can make music out of your life. God uses common people! God can use you.

• When have you been deterred because you felt dismissed or discarded by the world?
• How has God used you in unlikely situations? How are you hoping He will do it again?

Practice This

Make a list of ways God has used the “foolish things” of the world “to shame the wise” throughout the Bible and history.