Day thirteen

Thinking about yesterday’s comment about not being useless, it is hard to do nothing. I have the Foodbank in Southwold and people rely on it being open when they need it and that means I still go there. I should be doing nothing 7 days a week, but if I don’t, who will.

And that makes me think about indispensability. We were always told that no one is indispensable. But, going back to John Wesley again, he once said that there are some things that God cannot do and He cannot do them because He is expecting us to do them. That’s a bad paraphrase, but it’s close enough. If I don’t use my gifts then they won’t be used. If I hadn’t started this Foodbank two years ago then a lot of good would not have been done, but now I can’t just close it because I’m ill. But what about when I go to hospital to get proper treatment? It will close then. I suppose at that point there will be nothing I can do, but I will feel like I’m letting a lot of people down.

So does that make me indispensable? Yes it does. But that means, in some way, everyone is indispensable. There are things that will not happen if you don’t do them. You are in this world because God has a purpose for you. If you are a Christian you have spiritual gifts. You have a combination of gifts that no one else has. You have experiences that no one else has. If you don’t do what you were put here to do, then it won’t get done.

But we can only do what we can do. There will be a time when you can do nothing but pray. And we need more people praying.

So today is Saturday. And Saturday is usually my day off, so I can happily do nothing today.

Back tomorrow!