October 31

Sometimes we feel extremely inadequate. We know our Lord and Savior has vested great power within us. Indeed, we are the temple where the Holy Spirit dwells. When we have received Jesus as Savior and Lord, He makes His abode with us—He dwells within our hearts.

But we are woefully unproductive when it comes to allowing the Almighty One who dwells within us to use us to bring glory to His name. We desire to be useful to His Kingdom’s purposes, but we often find ourselves so preoccupied with the mundane things of time that we have nothing left to devote to the purposes of Heaven.

But there is something we can do in the course of our day as we go about our routine and as we interact with those who share our little corner of existence. We can be an encourager to those who are around us. We can help to lift them when they are down, to brighten their outlook when they are lost in the shadows.

Romans 15:2 says, “Let each one of us make it a practice to please his neighbor, to do him good, to care about his welfare; let us edify him and strengthen him in his spirit.” Let Jesus help us to say the kind word, do the kind deed, extend the hand of help—and thereby to glorify Him by acting as He would in our place.