Around 10:30pm on Christmas Eve we had just finished loading up the rental truck from Christmas Eve at the Plaza, and I got in it to take it to the office. I had a great time on Christmas Eve, but I was feeling a bit tired and worn out. For some reason, I was having a hard time feeling great joy and Christmas spirit in that moment, there late in the evening on December 24.
On the way to the office, bouncing around in the cab of this big truck, I got a friendly text of thanks and appreciation that helped me begin to rebound. It helped me begin to see beyond myself and realize what a great success the Christmas Eve services had been. I dropped off the truck at the office and got in my vehicle to come home, and on the way found myself turning up the volume on this song:
This is a song I’ve been listening to for a long time and one line has always meant a lot to me: “These hands are yours, teach them to serve as you please and I'll reach out, desperate to see all the greatness of God…” I realized late that night that I’d been praying this prayer to God, and that all the work leading up to and during Christmas Eve was God’s answer to my prayer! God has been and still is taking my hands and using them for His glory. I got exactly what I asked for.
It totally changed my perspective—I get to be used by God for the great purposes He has in the world. I found myself, indeed, desperate to see the greatness of God—to see it evident in the hearts and lives of many who have yet to come to know Jesus at Grace Fellowship.
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