God has a HELP WANTED! sign in His window. Seriously, it's a job opening that He needs desperately to fill. Even though He is omnipotent, He is helpless to fill this vacancy Himself.
The position He needs to fill is that of foot in His body--the lowest down job. Specifically, the Bible says that "the Head" (that is, Christ Himself) "cannot say unto the feet, I have no need of you" (1 Cor. 12:21). The "body" especially needs feet or it cannot go where it should. (You may feel deeply unworthy to be the "foot" in "the body of Christ." Okay, maybe you are just the toenail--don't underestimate yourself. You'd find it difficult walking if you had no toenails!)
This job opening that God has is glimpsed in Ecclesiastes 9: "A great king ... besieged [a little city] ... and built great bulwarks against it." Its case appeared hopeless. But apparently someone prayed: "Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city" (vss. 14, 15). Wonderful!
But did the citizens stage a parade in his honor? "Yet no man remembered that same poor man." Being that "poor wise man" whom no one notices--that's God's job opening, right now.
He has always found it difficult to find qualified applicants, never more so than today. Just as the Vice President has an office very close to the Oval Office in the White House, the successful applicant for this job in God's "office" is close to Christ Himself. The two have something in common: Christ was [really, IS] "despised and rejected of men" (Isa. 53:3). "The Redeemer of Israel [says] to Him whom man despiseth, to Him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, ... He shall choose Thee" (Isa. 49:7). The job carries most unusual perks.
Don't be scared, humble but honored "Toenail." Do your duty and be happy--close to Christ.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.------------------------------
