Expendable

At church last week, the guest pastor said "We are expendable."

I understand what he meant, but I still don't like it.

If we don't do what God has called us to do, He can get someone else to do it. He doesn't need us, not really. He is God all by Himself. We are expendable.

I don't like that way of thinking. Sure, it's true that if you don't listen to God then He could get someone else to do what you're supposed to, but I've read the book of Jonah, and I know that our God is a God of second-chances.

He may shake up our lives with storms, and put us into really uncomfortable situations, but He will get our attention. We are His children and He wants our obedience. For those who are called, and not just called but chosen for the Kingdom of God, I don't believe we are expendable.

He knows the very number of our hairs. I can't think of anyone I love enough to count the hairs on their head. But He loves us that much. And because He loves those whom He has called, I don't believe we are expendable.

Just my thought for today.
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"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows" (Matthew 10:29-31).

"For many are invited, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14).