Be As Useful As Possible

To be as helpful as possible is not about busyness but about availability. When your heart is yielded, ordinary moments become holy opportunities. God delights in willing hands and attentive hearts. Usefulness increases when pride is set aside and service is embraced. The most fruitful lives are those quietly aligned with God’s intentions rather than personal ambition.

There is strength in usefulness. God positions you where your obedience can bless others. When you serve faithfully, heaven multiplies the impact beyond what is visible. Usefulness sharpens discernment, matures character, and releases joy. God often entrusts more to those who steward well what is already in their hands. Faithful usefulness builds the kingdom brick by brick through love and humility.

Scripture declares, “Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people” (Colossians 3:23 CSB). Usefulness becomes worship when God is the focus.

Quote

A useful life is a surrendered life.

Prayer

Lord, make me useful for Your purposes and faithful in every opportunity. Amen.

Action Point

Ask God today where you can serve with greater faithfulness.

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(CSB) Scripture quotations taken from the Christian Standard Bible®. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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